Yafet

maleStatistical record

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

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

Yafet: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,199 in 2010, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#2199highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2003	#2857
2007	#3589
2010	#2199
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2017	#3996
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#2228
2021	#3990
2022	#4789
2023	#4991
2024	#2921

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #2199 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Yafet 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 Yafet in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Yafet 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 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2199 in England and Wales in 2010.

Yafet'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	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 2002 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,199, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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 →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 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.

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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.

Doruk · #2199, 13y
Het · #2199, 10y
Kamarni · #2199, 15y
Simao · #2199, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Doruk · #2199, 13y
Het · #2199, 10y
Kamarni · #2199, 15y
Simao · #2199, 18y

Yafet 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 Yafet without appearing here.

Yafet moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #4608.
Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Yafet

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2199 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3996 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Gunnar Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2199 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3996 and #3040.
Einar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3990 and #4789 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #4789.

Moved the same way as Yafet

Garry Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Yafet went from #3225 to #4991 and Garry from #1077 to #4991.
Brent Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yafet went from #3225 to #4789 and Brent from #1322 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2002 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Yafet went from #3225 to #4789 and Ole from #1253 to #4789.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2199 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Yafet

Yafet at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Yafet by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Yafet at a glance

Yafet by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Yafet and the names beside it

Yafet moved ahead of

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