Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jafet

#3,854 most common boys' name of all time · #9,384 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1986–2025

Rank among boys
#3,854
Rank overall
#9,384 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
39 of 146
All-time
1,442
Since 2016
424
Peak year
2015 #2,083
Best rank
#1,975 2001
Girls Boys peak 68/yr
20002020

Jafet first appears in 1986. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 46 46 #2,787
2024 — 46 46 #2,816
2023 — 46 46 #2,789
2022 — 37 37 #3,257
2021 — 43 43 #2,895
2020 — 49 49 #2,603
2019 — 40 40 #3,036
2018 — 33 33 #3,422
2017 — 37 37 #3,166
2016 — 47 47 #2,653
2015 — 68 68 #2,083
2014 — 55 55 #2,362
2013 — 43 43 #2,744
2012 — 44 44 #2,749
2011 — 51 51 #2,468
2010 — 47 47 #2,615
2009 — 67 67 #2,070
2008 — 61 61 #2,201
2007 — 62 62 #2,182
2006 — 52 52 #2,390
2005 — 47 47 #2,460
2004 — 52 52 #2,232
2003 — 40 40 #2,573
2002 — 50 50 #2,150
2001 — 55 55 #1,975
2000 — 36 36 #2,618
1999 — 45 45 #2,139
1998 — 19 19 #3,821
1997 — 17 17 #4,006
1996 — 12 12 #5,108
1995 — 20 20 #3,404
1994 — 9 9 #6,245
1993 — 7 7 #7,383
1992 — 11 11 #5,183
1991 — 14 14 #4,211
1990 — 8 8 #6,321
1989 — 10 10 #5,141
1988 — 6 6 #7,125
1986 — 10 10 #4,453