Boys' name · since 1988
Jephte
Jephte has 44 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,091 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jephte currently ranks #11091 among boys' names in America, with 44 babies recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Jephte recorded 44 times among boys since 1988, holding rank #11091 nationally today, ahead of 20% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #23,046 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,091 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 44 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jephte ranks #23,046 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,091 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 44 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,046 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,091 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 44
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jephte's 44 recorded births place it above 49.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jephte compares
44 15th 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
Jephte's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jephte | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jephte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jephte's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jephte popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Jephte by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (14 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Jephte's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Jephte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 14 births (32% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Jephte 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.