Japheth
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,378 for boys
Japheth is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “enlarged”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Japheth mean?
Hebrew
“enlarged”
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Japheth a girl's or a boy's name?
Japheth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Japheth in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Japheth, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Japheth than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Japheth in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Japheth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Japheth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Japheth, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Japheth in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Japheth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 40 | #2,942 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 39 | #2,880 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Names like Japheth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jonah Noah River Avi Jude Caleb Elijah Aarav Jacob Jaxon Josiah Micah
Names related to Japheth
More Hebrew names
Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Isaac Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Japheth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/japheth, updated 20 October 2026.