Yafet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-fet
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Yafet is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “may he expand”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Yafet mean?
Hebrew: form of Japheth
“may he expand”
Form of Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah in Genesis.
Is Yafet a girl's or a boy's name?
Yafet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yafet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Yafet, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Yafet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Yafet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Yafet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Yafet, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Yafet in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yafet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Names like Yafet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Yahya, Muhammad, Zakariya, Hamza, Eesa, Yaqub, Ayyub, Zayan, Zayd
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Yafet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yafet, updated 20 October 2026.