Japheth

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Japheth: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Japheth: Recorded since 2004, it reached #2,435 in 2007, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#2435highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3009
2005	#3849
2007	#2435
2010	#3865
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2015	#3004
2018	#4749
2019	#3411
2022	#4789
2024	#4270

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 11 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3009 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #2435 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Japheth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Japheth in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	24	6 of 10	4
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Japheth appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2435 in England and Wales in 2007.

Japheth's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,435, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,270position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
7births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Japleen · #2411, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ademide · #2435, 15y
Muiz · #2435, 14y
Najeeb · #2435, 11y
Shamari · #2435, 10y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Ademide · #2435, 15y
Muiz · #2435, 14y
Shamari · #2435, 10y
Amity · #2436, 20y

Japheth and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Japheth without appearing here.

Japheth moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.
Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Japheth

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3004 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Henrik Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #2174.
Aksel Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2435 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #3332.

Moved the opposite way to Japheth

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 while Albie went from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 while Alfred went from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 while Archie went from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 while Arlo went from #875 to #15.

Moved the same way as Japheth

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 and Aaron from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 and Adam from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 and Alan from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Japheth went from #3009 to #4270 and Alex from #46 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2435 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Japheth

Japheth at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Japheth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Japheth appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Japheth at a glance

Japheth by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Japheth appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Japheth and the names beside it

Japheth moved ahead of

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