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Jericho
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/
Rank in 2024
#903
Born in 2024
259
Peak year
2023 · #886
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 259 boys were named Jericho, about 1 in every 6,623.
- It peaked in 2023 with 262 babies, ranked #886.
- It first shows up in the records in 1970.
- 5,704 boys have been named Jericho since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jericho per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 169 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 724 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,048 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,763 babies, 0.13 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒɛɹɪkəʊ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jericho, CC BY-SA 4.0.