Masculine dossier · first seen 1970

Japheth

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1970Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

27.5%

2024

All-time

1,353

Japheth 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 2007, when 51 boys were named Japheth.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

Down 27.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,353 Americans have been named Japheth and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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