Jeriko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAIR-i-koh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jeriko is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Jeriko mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jericho, the ancient city
From Jericho, the ancient city whose walls fell to Joshua's trumpets in the Bible.
Is Jeriko a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeriko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeriko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jeriko, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Jeriko in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeriko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Jeriko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Mikko Tru Kenzo Zuko Hiro Thiago Yug Yitzchok Loki Kota Kato
Names related to Jeriko
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jeriko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeriko, updated 20 October 2026.