Jep — #12331 US boys' name
202 babies named Jep in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Jep was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Jep in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jep
The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Jep between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jep currently holds the #12331 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jep performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jep shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jep 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 202 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.
Jep at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jep popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1883
- Peak year (2014)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
Currently ranks #12331 among boys.
202 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 19 births in a single year.
Jep by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 104 births that decade — 51% of Jep's all-time total
Jep decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jep's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.