Jefferey
Last seen for boys in 2019 at #8,889
- Peak · boys
- 1969 · 141 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,973since 1943
Jefferey over time
Rank among boys' names. Jefferey has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #3,191 | 24 |
| 1997 | #2,502 | 32 |
| 1996 | #2,535 | 30 |
| 1995 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #1,773 | 49 |
| 1993 | #2,162 | 36 |
| 1992 | #1,697 | 50 |
| 1991 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #1,587 | 52 |
| 1989 | #1,567 | 51 |
| 1988 | #1,178 | 73 |
| 1987 | #1,153 | 69 |
| 1986 | #1,094 | 73 |
| 1985 | #1,094 | 72 |
| 1984 | #944 | 87 |
| 1983 | #987 | 80 |
| 1982 | #1,006 | 81 |
| 1981 | #1,044 | 76 |
| 1980 | #1,070 | 71 |
| 1979 | #1,137 | 62 |
| 1978 | #1,005 | 74 |
| 1977 | #981 | 76 |
| 1976 | #977 | 72 |
| 1975 | #911 | 81 |
| 1974 | #841 | 91 |
| 1973 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #719 | 123 |
| 1971 | #741 | 122 |
| 1970 | #721 | 130 |
| 1969 | #665 | 141 |
| 1968 | #745 | 100 |
| 1967 | #683 | 119 |
| 1966 | #713 | 108 |
| 1965 | #692 | 116 |
| 1964 | #729 | 111 |
| 1963 | #726 | 116 |
| 1962 | #697 | 121 |
| 1961 | #744 | 107 |
| 1960 | #852 | 79 |
| 1959 | #875 | 76 |
| 1958 | #796 | 88 |
| 1957 | #873 | 75 |
| 1956 | #924 | 65 |
| 1955 | #906 | 67 |
| 1954 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,189 | 39 |
| 1952 | #1,227 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,489 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
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| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jefferey! It came in at #2,732, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Jefferey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 123 spots in 1955 (#1,029 → #906)
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1985 (#944 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1969 at #665 (141 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1955–1977
- Highest: 1 in 12,682 boys born in 1969 were named Jefferey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 224,277 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 28.1% of all boys named Jefferey (1,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 71 | #1,758 (1948) | #2,062 |
| 1950s | 541 | #796 (1958) | #1,112 |
| 1960s | 1,118 | #665 (1969) | #725 |
| 1970s | 925 | #719 (1972) | #885 |
| 1980s | 733 | #944 (1984) | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 378 | #1,502 (1991) | #2,330 |
| 2000s | 135 | #3,640 (2000) | #5,941 |
| 2010s | 72 | #5,741 (2010) | #8,788 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jefferey in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 17,097 of them was named Jefferey, which outranked 84.9% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #694August122
- #694Lanny122
- #694Otto122
- #697Jefferey121
- #697Derick121
- #697Fabian121
- #697Hugo121
- #702Jerold120
- #702Quinton120
- #702Santiago120
Tied with 4 names at #697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.