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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jerika

Jerika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 1346th with 106 babies. More babies were named Jerika in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1988106 babies
Total since 1880
1,457babies recorded

Jerika popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#14,1816
2010#9,47612
2000#3,69035
1990#1,515102
1980#5,08014
1970——
1960——
1950——
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1930——
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1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Jerika, counting every spelling?

Jerika is a spelling of Jerica, a name family that had 14 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 14 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Jerica6#13,94936

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Jerika?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Jerika are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 24 and 36. That makes Jerika mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jerika by state

How common Jerika was among girls born in each state in 1986–1990, around its peak. In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIN0.07Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOK0.06Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTX0.05Florida: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesFL0.05
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jerika, girls, 1986–1990. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jerika: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jerika, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jerika

How popular is the name Jerika?

Jerika was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 1346th with 106 babies. More babies were named Jerika in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Jerika a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jerika in the US.

Where was Jerika most popular?

In 1986–1990, Jerika was most common in Tennessee (0.07 per 1,000 girls), followed by Indiana and Oklahoma.