Jeptha
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 290since 1883
Jeptha over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Jeptha has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
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| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
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| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | |
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| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
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| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
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| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
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| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
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| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,331 | 13 |
| 1922 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
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| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Jeptha! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jeptha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jeptha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jeptha
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #799 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1883–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,438
- Highest: 1 in 17,438 boys born in 1883 were named Jeptha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 27.9% of all boys named Jeptha (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #799 (1883) | #879 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 42 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,075 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,132 (1924) | #2,934 |
| 1930s | 34 | #2,651 (1931) | #3,197 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,712 (1942) | #3,152 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,552 (1957) | #3,552 |
| 1960s | 6 | #3,646 (1963) | #3,646 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,230 (1970) | #4,608 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,794 |
| 1990s | 5 | #9,015 (1996) | #9,015 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 21 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,739 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,825 (2021) | #10,297 |
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.
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