How Many People Are Named Jafet?
people named Jafet are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 240,186 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,442 babies named Jafet in Social Security records from 1986 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of JAPHETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jafet in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jafet alive today is about 15 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jafet first appears in the records in 1986 and was given most often in 2015, to 68 babies. In 2025, 46 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1986 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jafet has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,963, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,777.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,777 |
| Best rank | #1,963 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,284 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jafet alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jafet were born in California than in any other state: about 312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jafet was given 3.5 times as often in California, 2.9 times in Texas and 1.5 times in Florida.
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