Jerico
Boy · JAIR-ih-koh · Hebrew
Jerico is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jerico mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jericho, the biblical city
A spelling of Jericho, the ancient city whose walls fell at the blast of Joshua's trumpets in the Bible.
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- JAIR-ih-koh
Is Jerico a girl's or a boy's name?
Jerico is a boys' name.
How popular is Jerico in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Jerico in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jerico in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 41 | #1,950 |
| 1991 | 31 | #2,289 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
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