Jericho

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jericho: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jericho: Recorded since 2001, it reached #596 in 2006, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#596highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2220
2002	#2254
2003	#1410
2004	#2578
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#2741
2008	#2507
2009	#3227
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#3987
2013	#4685
2015	#3004
2016	#3079
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2020	#2228
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#3523
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

In 2006: #596 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1744 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #2220 among boys in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jericho by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jericho in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	59	9 of 10	7
2010s	38	8 of 10	5
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jericho appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006.

Jericho's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #596, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jeremy · #24, 61y
Jeriah · #1322, 13y
Jermaine · #428, 29y
Jerome · #119, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Albin · #596, 17y
Bright · #596, 19y
Cale · #596, 21y
Kalel · #596, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Bright · #596, 19y
Kalel · #596, 20y
Kristof · #596, 16y
Vladislav · #596, 22y

Jericho was ranked #596 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jericho and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jericho without appearing here.

Jericho moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Jericho

Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2693.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #2023.
Mathias Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2741 and #2211.
Aksel Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #2837.

Moved the same way as Jericho

Garry Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Jericho went from #2220 to #3523 and Garry from #1135 to #4991.
Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Jericho went from #2220 to #3523 and Kelly from #1467 to #3523.
Brent Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jericho went from #2220 to #4789 and Brent from #1078 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2001 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jericho went from #2220 to #4789 and Ole from #3134 to #4789.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #596 in Republic of Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jericho

Jericho at a glance

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Jericho by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Jericho at a glance

Jericho by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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