Jefte
Boy · HEF-teh · Hebrew
Jefte is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he opens”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jefte mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jephthah
“he opens”
Jephthah is the biblical judge whose rash vow cost him his daughter.
- Say it
- HEF-teh
Is Jefte a girl's or a boy's name?
Jefte is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jefte in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Jefte, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Jefte in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jefte in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
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