Japheth · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Japheth.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1970

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 55 recorded years as a table

Japheth, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1970	3
1971	4
1973	4
1974	4
1975	8
1976	11
1977	9
1978	16
1979	17
1980	8
1981	11
1982	10
1983	17
1984	11
1985	7
1986	10
1987	5
1988	8
1989	8
1990	6
1991	5
1992	9
1993	11
1994	8
1995	8
1996	10
1997	13
1998	14
1999	15
2000	13
2001	15
2002	14
2003	17
2004	14
2005	17
2006	19
2007	25
2008	10
2009	20
2010	15
2011	18
2012	14
2013	20
2014	22
2015	22
2016	21
2017	19
2018	22
2019	19
2020	24
2021	15
2022	19
2023	19
2024	21
2025	20

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Japheth isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Japheth

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 34
Rank in 2025: #3,379
How rare: 1 in 50,237 boys
Since 1970: 1,387

Most popular in 2007, at 25 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 11% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.