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Jep

#7,910 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly peace, sanctuary, through Geoffrey

Jep has been given to 212 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #7,910 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Jep, 2025

1 in 332,000

Jep over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jep: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly peace, sanctuary, through Geoffrey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jep means

Jep belongs to the name family reached through Jep → Geoffrey. Its meaning is “peace, sanctuary”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jep is used in English and Catalan.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geoffrey and Josep.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 212 boys were recorded with the name Jep between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2014; its best national rank was #968 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,228 in 2020 to #7,910 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,323 in 2015 to #7,910 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jep?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,910
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jep sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jep. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeps were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jep was born before 2017 — so the typical Jep is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
166
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 49.1% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Jep rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+5,235
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−682
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+413
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.11×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.6%
Peak was 2014 (19)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
42.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#968
1883

Jep by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,910
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 682
Best rank ever
#968
1883
Peak year
2014
19 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
212
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Jep

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Jep

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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