Jephthah
Jephthah appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years. According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mother is described as a prostitute, this may indicate that his father might have been any of the men of that area.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Jephthah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jephthah appears in the Book of Judges as a judge who presided over Israel for a period of six years. According to Judges, he lived in Gilead. His father's name is also given as Gilead, and, as his mother is described as a prostitute, this may indicate that his father might have been any of the men of that area.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Jephthah
American parents first put Jephthah on the record books as a baby boy name in 2015, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 6 Jephthahs were born — ranking #10,642 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2018 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 17 Jephthahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jephthah
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jephthah. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Jephtha
Names that sound like Jephthah
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About the name Jephthah
Jephthah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Jephthah's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #10,642. Use the chart and map above to compare Jephthah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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