Jefte — #9250 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jefte

The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Jefte between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jefte currently holds the #9250 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jefte performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jefte shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jefte in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jefte 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 153 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.