girls:
341 births since 1980
#5375 (6th percentile)
boys:
5.4k births since 1970
#1619 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1970
#3569 (54th percentile)
The name Jericho is the #3,569 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,783 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 53.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,619 (64.7% percentile) for all time with 5,442 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,375 (5.9% percentile) for all time with 341 births since 1980.
Jericho first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for boys and 1980 for girls). Birth data for Jericho is available in 53 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (53 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jericho has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jericho reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 27.9% percentile (ranked #657) with 143 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 143 births per million (ranked 27.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jericho is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #657 (27.9% percentile) with 143 births per million.
For girls, Jericho reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #760) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Jericho ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 40.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jericho".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jericho. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Jericho is pronounced as JEH-rih-koh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JEH-rih-KOH, at 33.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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