Jericho
Top 1000
About Jericho
A biblical place name with trumpeting verve and strength.
Though rarely heard as a first name, Jericho has appeared in the titles of films, TV series, songs, bands, comics, and video games (Clive Barker's Jericho). It's perhaps these references that helped it enter the Top 1000 for the first time in 2013 -- as one of the year's fastest-rising names.
Pronounced JER-ih-ko.
As of October 2026, Jericho ranked #886 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #594.
Editor's take: The name Jericho is a boy's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #943 | 224 | 116.6 |
| 2015 | #1,010 | 202 | 105.4 |
| 2016 | #923 | 230 | 121.2 |
| 2017 | #1,018 | 199 | 107.5 |
| 2018 | #954 | 217 | 119.5 |
| 2019 | #950 | 226 | 126 |
| 2020 | #997 | 214 | 124 |
| 2021 | #890 | 259 | 148 |
| 2022 | #926 | 250 | 143.2 |
| 2023 | #887 | 262 | 153.2 |
| 2024 | #903 | 259 | 150.3 |
| 2025 | #886 | 269 | 157.5 |
World rankings
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Jericho on lists
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- Chris Jericho
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- Jericho Brown
Pulitzer Prize,winning poet
Jericho in pop culture
- Jericho
TV Series 2006,2008
- Jericho "Action" Jackson
from TV show "Action Jackson"
- Jericho
a town in California that was used in the pilot of Supernatural
- Jericho Wilson
Teen Titans superhero
- Jericho Hudson
from movie "Shooting Gallery"
- Jericho Road
a gospel singing group
- Jericho Barrons
from Karen Marie Moning's Fever series
- Jericho
an abandoned ship in Detroit that is a refuge for deviant androids in videogame "Detroit: Become Human"