Yafet
#7,859 most common boys' name of all time · #19,736 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1997–2025
Rank among boys
#7,859
Rank overall
#19,736 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
440
Since 2016
164
Peak year
2016 #3,862
Best rank
#3,862 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Yafet first appears in 1997. 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 | #7,446 |
| 2024 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,111 |
| 2023 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,386 |
| 2022 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,345 |
| 2021 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,484 |
| 2020 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,650 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,647 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,246 |
| 2017 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,051 |
| 2016 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,862 |
| 2015 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,377 |
| 2014 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,494 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,582 |
| 2012 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,221 |
| 2011 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,619 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,964 |
| 2009 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,706 |
| 2008 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,688 |
| 2007 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,179 |
| 2006 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,164 |
| 2004 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,888 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,656 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,964 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,882 |
| 2000 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,900 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,693 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,913 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,108 |