Meaning and history
This name comes from Jericho, a city in Israel mentioned several times in the Old Testament. The meaning of the city’s name is uncertain, but it may be related either to the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ (yareaḥ), meaning “moon,” or to רֵיחַ (reyaḥ), meaning “fragrance.”
20062006: 128 births, rank #1,294
2007: 152 births, rank #1,162
2008: 169 births, rank #1,095
2009: 173 births, rank #1,074
2010: 168 births, rank #1,119
20112011: 186 births, rank #1,025
2012: 191 births, rank #1,023
2013: 221 births, rank #925
2014: 224 births, rank #938
2015: 204 births, rank #998
20162016: 230 births, rank #923
2017: 199 births, rank #1,016
2018: 218 births, rank #952
2019: 226 births, rank #949
2020: 214 births, rank #996
20212021: 259 births, rank #890
2022: 250 births, rank #923
2023: 263 births, rank #884
2024: 259 births, rank #904
20252025: 269 births, rank #883
Jericho rose from #905 to #886 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 269.