Yaphet

Last seen for girls in 1972 at #8,292 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to boys 98.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,020
1972 · 20 births
Debut · boys
1971
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
261
since 1971

Yaphet over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Yaphet has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #2,020, 1972boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
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2021—#10,7996
2020—#12,0225
2019—#8,8898
2018—#9,6707
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2016—#7,60510
2015—#8,0409
2014—#10,7176
2013—#9,6557
2012—#6,62612
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2010—#8,1399
2009—#6,43613
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2007—#6,26213
2006—#5,78114
2005—#11,4725
2004—#8,1438
2003—#6,25811
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2001—#9,2436
2000—#9,1126
1999—#7,1398
1998—#6,8438
1997—#9,2655
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1978—#5,0596
1977—#3,38611
1976—#2,94613
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1974—#5,2275
1973—#2,51315
1972#8,2925#2,02020
1971—#3,3709
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Yaphet! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1974–1975, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Yaphet
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1972 at #2,020 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81,080
  • Highest: 1 in 81,080 boys born in 1972 were named Yaphet (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 30.3% of all boys named Yaphet (79) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s79#2,020 (1972)#3,503
1980s0——
1990s27#6,843 (1998)#7,754
2000s76#5,781 (2006)#7,838
2010s68#6,626 (2012)#8,668
2020s11#10,799 (2021)#11,411

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Yaphet in 1972

girls
#8,292
5 births · 1 in 304,249 girls
boys
#2,020
20 births · 1 in 81,080 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #8,292Yaphet5

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #2,020Yaphet20
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Yaphet, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yaphet
  1. #7,292Zerlina6
  2. #7,292Zeta6
  3. #7,292Zoann6
  4. #8,292Yaphet5
  5. #8,292Aarona5
  6. #8,292Abigale5
  7. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 81,080 of them was named Yaphet, which outranked 64.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yaphet
  1. #1,966Tori21
  2. #1,966Tremain21
  3. #1,966Wilber21
  4. #2,020Yaphet20
  5. #2,020Andrae20
  6. #2,020Arlan20
  7. #2,020Asher20
  8. #2,080Abdullah19
  9. #2,080Ajay19
  10. #2,080Akil19

Tied with 59 names at #2,020; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →