Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Jepson as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Geoffrey.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jepson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 63 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,856 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,856 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,995 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jepson’s family of names
In English usage, Jepson as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Geoffrey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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