Jeriah
This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with A-K.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Jeriah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with A-K.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Jeriah
As a girl name
American parents first put Jeriah on the record books as a girl name in 1996, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 27 Jeriahs were born — ranking #5,279 that year. About 37% of every Jeriah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jeriah ranks #8,443 for girls with 11 births, falling sharply (-20%). All told, over 391 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jeriah on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 160 Jeriahs were born — ranking #1,226 that year. About 42% of every Jeriah on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jeriah ranks #1,269 for boys with 156 births, rising sharply (+55% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jeriah
Jeriah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Jeriah's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #1,226. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeriah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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