Jafét

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Jafét is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 4.2K(measured from records)
  • PAPanama≈1 in 6.6K
  • USUnited States1 in 224K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,487 people, 2020

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jafet in US United States, CR Costa Rica, PA Panama and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jafét counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jafét is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,4871 in 224K1.5KJafet159
CR Costa Rica#1851,2001 in 4.2K1.2KJafet38
TZ Tanzania—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 52K1Jafet7
PA Panama#316≈590 est.≈1 in 6.6K2Jafet19
CO Colombia—≈540 est.≈1 in 90K—Jafet40
BO Bolivia—≈400 est.≈1 in 29K—Jafet15
HN Honduras#812≈190 est.≈1 in 49K—Jafet24
IS Iceland—181 in 19K18——

1,487 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jafét is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Jafet

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jafét under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Jafét a male or female name?
Jafét is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jafét have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Jafét, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jafet.
Where is Jafét most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jafét is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 4.2 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jafét?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,487 people named Jafét in 2020, about 1 in 224 thousand residents.
How common is Jafét compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Jafét is the 185th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jafét” — the 185th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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