# Jericho (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jericho/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “place of concealment” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪˌkoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,357 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,978 / 379 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Iericho, from Old English Iericho, from Latin Ierīchō, from Ancient Greek Ἰερῑχώ (Ierīkhṓ), from Biblical Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ (yərīḥō), recorded early as Ugaritic 𐎊𐎗𐎃 (yrḫ). Regarding the "place of concealment" sense, see 2 Samuel 10:5.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 13,214 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,095 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,003 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,449 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,423 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,321 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,097 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,333 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,381 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,538 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,469 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,115 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,701 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,506 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,008 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 186 | 1,026 |
| 2012 | 191 | 1,025 |
| 2013 | 221 | 926 |
| 2014 | 224 | 943 |
| 2015 | 204 | 1,003 |
| 2016 | 230 | 924 |
| 2017 | 199 | 1,018 |
| 2018 | 218 | 952 |
| 2019 | 226 | 950 |
| 2020 | 214 | 997 |
| 2021 | 259 | 890 |
| 2022 | 250 | 926 |
| 2023 | 263 | 884 |
| 2024 | 259 | 905 |
| 2025 | 269 | 886 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |

## People named Jericho

- Jericho Rosales, Filipino actor and model
- Jericho Sims, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Jericho Brown, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.