Japheth
Japheth is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200751 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 1,353people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,353 boys have been named Japheth in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 51 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 27%.
By decade
In 2007, its biggest year
Japheth was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Japheth
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Aminpeak 2022
- Salimpeak 2023
- Saleempeak 2024
- Naeempeak 2006
- Faridpeak 2023
- Rionpeak 2022
- Hasanpeak 2023
- Rianpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.