Masculine dossier · first seen 1986

Jafet

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jafet
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2015

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1986Peak 20152024

Peak year

2015

Decline from peak

32.4%

2024

All-time

1,396

Jafet has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2015, when 68 boys were named Jafet.

In 2024, only 46 boys were given the name.

Down 32.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,396 Americans have been named Jafet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1986.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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