Jafus — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jafus

The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Jafus between 1917 and 1933, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jafus currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1933. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jafus performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jafus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jafus in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 14 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.