Given name
Jerica
“one who is strong; a talented ruler”
Jerica is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is strong; a talented ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is strong; a talented ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jerica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,914
- 0 boys · 3,914 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 341 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,949 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,949 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 341 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,425 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jerica’s family of names
Jerica has a related form in Jerrica. Jerica has a related form in Jerika. Jerica has a related form in Jerrika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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