Japhet
Boy · ha-FET · Hebrew
Japhet is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “may he enlarge”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Japhet mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jafet; Spanish form of Japheth
“may he enlarge”
Japheth is one of the three sons of Noah in Genesis, alongside Shem and Ham.
- Say it
- ha-FET
Meaning borrowed from Jafet.
Is Japhet a girl's or a boy's name?
Japhet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Japhet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Japhet, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more boys named Japhet than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Japhet 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 Japhet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Jafet 46
- Japhet 11
Japhet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Japhet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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