Japhet
#9,982 most common boys' name of all time · #25,201 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among boys
#9,982
Rank overall
#25,201 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
281
Since 2016
84
Peak year
2015 #5,615
Best rank
#5,615 2015
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Japhet first appears in 1979. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,361 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,805 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,920 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,104 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,793 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,020 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,851 |
| 2018 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,151 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,109 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,321 |
| 2015 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,615 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,354 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,774 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,143 |
| 2011 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,848 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,188 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,587 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,948 |
| 2007 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,832 |
| 2006 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,126 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,840 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,463 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,489 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,766 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,738 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,127 |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,536 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,641 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,872 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,726 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,993 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,148 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,014 |