Boys' name · since 1979
Japhet
Japhet has 281 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,345 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Japhet is the #7345 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 281 recorded since 1979.
Japhet has 281 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7345 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #10,982 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,345 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Japhet ranks #10,982 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,345 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 281 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,982 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,345 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Japhet's 281 recorded births place it above 75.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Japhet compares
281 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Japhet's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Japhet | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Japhet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Japhet's full recorded timeline at 2009, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Japhet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Japhet by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Japhet's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Japhet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (36% of all-time use).
Japhet by state
Where Japhet concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 281 births nationwide.
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What to do with Japhet's data
- Japhet's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Japhets (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Japhet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Japhet draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.