Jeptha

Boys' name

Variant of Jephthah

Jeptha has been given to 290 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1924, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Jeptha, 2024

1 in 557,000

Jeptha over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jeptha: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jephthah

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeptha means

Jeptha is a variant of Jephthah.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jeptha is used in English (Archaic).

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jephthah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 290 boys were recorded with the name Jeptha between 1883 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1924; its best national rank was #844 in 1883.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Jeptha?

Jeptha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jeptha 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 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeptha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jepthas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeptha was born before 1931 — so the typical Jeptha is around 94 today.

Median birth year: 1931; About 94 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 27.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 16.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 91; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 27.9% of all recorded uses (81).

Is Jeptha 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1924 (15)
Years since peak: 101; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #844; 1883

Spellings of Jeptha

Jeptha is not the most common spelling — Bertha is, with 76.4% against Jeptha's 23.6%.

Bertha76.4%937
Jeptha23.6%290

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jeptha by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #844; 1883
Peak year: 1924; 15 that year
First recorded: 1883
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 290
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jeptha

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

Jepson Jephte Jep Jonatha Leotha Bertha Tabitha Artha Cleotha Martha Jeppie Eartha Siddhartha Partha Jepsen Ratha Atha Hiawatha Jephthe Samantha Chantha Jephthah Natha Johnatha

Sibling names for Jeptha

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

For a sister

Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Vernell Dorris Leonora Hellen

For a brother

Alvis Eldridge Merritt Lacy Delmer Wilton Elwin Domenick

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