How Many People Are Named Jeriah?
people named Jeriah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 139,447 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,477 babies named Jeriah in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
168 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "taught by YAHWEH" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Jeriah is a descendant of Hebron.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jeriah, 15.4% were girls and 84.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jeriah fell from 21.2% in the 1990s to 8.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeriah alive today is about 11 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeriah first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2022, to 168 babies. In 2025, 147 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeriah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,233, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #1,368. Among girls, its best rank was #5,355, in 2008.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,368 | #9,127 |
| Best rank | #1,233 (2022) | #5,355 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,405 in the 2020s | #7,885 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeriah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeriah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 244 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeriah was given 3.2 times as often in Pennsylvania, 2.8 times in Texas and 1.9 times in Ohio.
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