Jerica

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1988 · 341 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,914
since 1970

Jerica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jerica has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #591, 1988girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022#10,3839
2021#10,2929
2020#11,0908
2019#9,11211
2018#7,76214
2017#9,34111
2016#7,23016
2015#8,44713
2014#5,99321
2013#7,74815
2012#7,45616
2011#6,56419
2010#5,10827
2009#5,09728
2008#3,77942
2007#3,91840
2006#2,77863
2005#2,60765
2004#2,74259
2003#2,46566
2002#2,11380
2001#2,17175
2000#2,05580
1999#1,82887
1998#1,78987
1997#1,530105
1996#1,288134
1995#1,370120
1994#1,055172
1993#938201
1992#933208
1991#826248
1990#728287
1989#627337
1988#591341
1987#826211
1986#1,093136
1985#1,88259
1984#2,19245
1983#2,13546
1982#2,02451
1981#2,65734
1980#2,80032
1979#2,62134
1978#2,85928
1977#2,90927
1976#3,00224
1975#4,14115
1974#4,22714
1973#7,4356
1972#5,4809
1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Jerica! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Jerica is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMNIllinois: #945 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,615 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWIMichigan: #746 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,710 girlsMINew York: #1,420 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,877 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedINOhio: #567 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,013 girlsOHPennsylvania: #922 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,144 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,280 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 13,076 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNEMissouri: #361 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,498 girlsMOKentucky: #301 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,146 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedVAMaryland: #590 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,603 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedKSArkansas: #265 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,505 girlsARTennessee: #340 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,340 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #852 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,970 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #381 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,409 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #446 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,783 girlsLAMississippi: #352 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,923 girlsMSAlabama: #504 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,678 girlsALGeorgia: #959 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,372 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jerica, so not publishedHITexas: #1,190 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,367 girlsTXFlorida: #645 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,090 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#265 · 1 in 1,505
  2. Kentucky#301 · 1 in 2,146
  3. Tennessee#340 · 1 in 2,340
  4. Mississippi#352 · 1 in 1,923
  5. Missouri#361 · 1 in 2,498

Best ever in a state: #173 in Hawaii, 1989.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#26581 in 1,505
Kentucky#301101 in 2,146
Tennessee#340131 in 2,340
Mississippi#35271 in 1,923
Missouri#361131 in 2,498
South Carolina#38181 in 2,409
Louisiana#44691 in 2,783
Alabama#50461 in 3,678
Ohio#567141 in 5,013
Maryland#59061 in 4,603
Florida#645151 in 5,090
Michigan#74691 in 6,710
North Carolina#85251 in 7,970
Pennsylvania#92271 in 10,144
Illinois#94591 in 8,615
Georgia#95951 in 8,372
Texas#1,190121 in 11,367
California#1,280201 in 13,076
New York#1,42081 in 14,877
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jerica
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,047 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #13,208)
  • 2,118 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #13,208)
  • 4,761 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1987 (#1,093 → #826)
  • Biggest drop: 117 spots in 1994 (#938 → #1,055)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1988 at #591 (341 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1987–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,222
  • Highest: 1 in 5,222 girls born in 1988 were named Jerica (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Jerica (1,649) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s168#2,621 (1979)#4,807
1980s1,292#591 (1988)#1,683
1990s1,649#728 (1990)#1,229
2000s598#2,055 (2000)#2,973
2010s163#5,108 (2010)#7,476
2020s44#10,292 (2021)#12,055

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jerica in 1991

girls
#826
248 births · 1 in 7,561 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #826Jerica248
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 7,561 of them was named Jerica, which outranked 94.7% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jerica
  1. #822Dina250
  2. #824Adrianne249
  3. #824Demetria249
  4. #826Jerica248
  5. #826Brittnee248
  6. #826Joelle248
  7. #826Kaycee248
  8. #830Kimberlee247
  9. #831Marquita246
  10. #832Marcella245

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →