Japheth — #3236 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Japheth

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,353 babies named Japheth between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Japheth currently holds the #3236 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Japheth performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 361 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Japheth shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Japheth in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Japheth 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 1,353 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.