Yaphet

Boy · recorded 1971–2021

  • 2021last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Yaphet.

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Its story

Popularity since 1971

061219711984199620092021

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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 29 recorded years as a table
Yaphet, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19715
197212
197310
19743
19768
19777
19784
19943
19973
19984
19994
20003
20013
20036
20044
20053
20067
20076
20097
20105
20126
20134
20143
20155
20165
20184
20194
20203
20213

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Yaphet 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2021
6
Rank in 2021
#10,799
How rare
1 in 291,580 boys
Since 1971
261

Yaphet was last recorded in 2021. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1972, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Yaphet doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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