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.

Japheth

#3,951 most common boys' name of all time · #9,627 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#3,951
Rank overall
#9,627 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,387
Since 2016
354
Peak year
2007 #2,488
Best rank
#1,856 1983
Girls Boys peak 51/yr
198020002020

Japheth first appears in 1970. 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 — 34 34 #3,411
2024 — 37 37 #3,245
2023 — 33 33 #3,516
2022 — 34 34 #3,438
2021 — 26 26 #4,044
2020 — 42 42 #2,857
2019 — 34 34 #3,382
2018 — 40 40 #2,957
2017 — 35 35 #3,273
2016 — 39 39 #3,020
2015 — 43 43 #2,787
2014 — 43 43 #2,779
2013 — 37 37 #3,020
2012 — 27 27 #3,842
2011 — 35 35 #3,200
2010 — 28 28 #3,749
2009 — 40 40 #2,971
2008 — 21 21 #4,597
2007 — 51 51 #2,488
2006 — 39 39 #2,907
2005 — 33 33 #3,135
2004 — 27 27 #3,493
2003 — 33 33 #2,961
2002 — 28 28 #3,220
2001 — 29 29 #3,096
2000 — 26 26 #3,256
1999 — 29 29 #2,913
1998 — 27 27 #2,971
1997 — 24 24 #3,116
1996 — 19 19 #3,608
1995 — 15 15 #4,162
1994 — 15 15 #4,189
1993 — 21 21 #3,202
1992 — 18 18 #3,542
1991 — 11 11 #4,933
1990 — 13 13 #4,317
1989 — 17 17 #3,405
1988 — 16 16 #3,302
1987 — 9 9 #4,803
1986 — 19 19 #2,758
1985 — 13 13 #3,548
1984 — 19 19 #2,595
1983 — 30 30 #1,856
1982 — 19 19 #2,579
1981 — 20 20 #2,483
1980 — 14 14 #3,221
1979 — 30 30 #1,862
1978 — 27 27 #1,907
1977 — 14 14 #3,010
1976 — 17 17 #2,589
1975 — 13 13 #3,051
1974 — 6 6 #5,054
1973 — 6 6 #4,964
1971 — 7 7 #4,329
1970 — 5 5 #5,357