Jafet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ha-FET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Jafet is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “may he enlarge”. In 2025 it ranked 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Jafet mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Japheth
“may he enlarge”
Japheth is one of the three sons of Noah in Genesis, alongside Shem and Ham.
Is Jafet a girl's or a boy's name?
Jafet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jafet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Jafet, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Jafet in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Jafet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #2,764 for this spelling alone.
- Jafet 46
- Japhet 11
Jafet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 55 | #2,343 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,185 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
Names like Jafet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Jamir, Hamza, Ibrahim, Yahir, Kobe, Salem, Abdiel, Nasir, Zahir, Amir
Other spellings of Jafet
Names related to Jafet
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jafet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jafet, updated 20 October 2026.