Given name & surname

Jericha

“one who is strong; a talented ruler”

Jericha is a variant of Jerica. One American interpretation is “one who is strong; a talented ruler.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Jericha is a variant of Jerica. One American interpretation is “one who is strong; a talented ruler.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Jericha is a variant of Jerica. An origin associated with Jerica is American.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jericha through the years

Babies since 1880
222
0 boys · 222 girls
Most popular year
1997
20 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520002025Highest share 19970.0
Jericha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1986–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 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.

Jericha’s family of names

Jericha has a related form in Jerica.

Walk Jericha’s family in the name graph

JerichaJerica

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Jericha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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