Jefferson

#829 for boys in 2025, 298 births

Peak · boys
#251
1891 · 40 births
Debut · boys
1880
43 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
24,440
since 1880

Jefferson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jefferson has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201907peak #251, 1891boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#829298
2024#710375
2023#762339
2022#760332
2021#723357
2020#706357
2019#739326
2018#681364
2017#698353
2016#620432
2015#672378
2014#609439
2013#610414
2012#617394
2011#703326
2010#662363
2009#588444
2008#599419
2007#602417
2006#645359
2005#628348
2004#656310
2003#730249
2002#703254
2001#762225
2000#717243
1999#628287
1998#724227
1997#683236
1996#686236
1995#682242
1994#694225
1993#633266
1992#709209
1991#676224
1990#707207
1989#726186
1988#721170
1987#760145
1986#730153
1985#682170
1984#689159
1983#731139
1982#690158
1981#632182
1980#655176
1979#644175
1978#655164
1977#665161
1976#586194
1975#612177
1974#515234
1973#462285
1972#515233
1971#496266
1970#488276
1969#492246
1968#516214
1967#518208
1966#559186
1965#584171
1964#550205
1963#589177
1962#540214
1961#530223
1960#596173
1959#514234
1958#557192
1957#606160
1956#602160
1955#522196
1954#545178
1953#576155
1952#565154
1951#532162
1950#558147
1949#585133
1948#613123
1947#577137
1946#586120
1945#592105
1944#554119
1943#64398
1942#629101
1941#579104
1940#585102
1939#62188
1938#78461
1937#70073
1936#73667
1935#575101
1934#576105
1933#62486
1932#538119
1931#565108
1930#617100
1929#63094
1928#593109
1927#543129
1926#510142
1925#510143
1924#460177
1923#482159
1922#489160
1921#483162
1920#488154
1919#493146
1918#489149
1917#460152
1916#547109
1915#447150
1914#472105
1913#44892
1912#49764
1911#42047
1910#56925
1909#53024
1908#49925
1907#39632
1906#44325
1905#47722
1904#46621
1903#47020
1902#41524
1901#35327
1900#46924
1899#61311
1898#30738
1897#47317
1896#40723
1895#34728
1894#32230
1893#35925
1892#28940
1891#25140
1890#27539
1889#26639
1888#31233
1887#29432
1886#29434
1885#26838
1884#27139
1883#28932
1882#29434
1881#28631
1880#25243
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jefferson was already there! It came in at #252, and was given to 43 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 12 boys a year got the name.

Where Jefferson is popular in 1907

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Jefferson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 119 spots since 2024 (#710 → #829)
  • 123 spots since 2020 (#706 → #829)
  • 157 spots since 2015 (#672 → #829)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1898 (#473 → #307)
  • Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1899 (#307 → #613)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #251 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1897, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,530
  • Highest: 1 in 2,530 boys born in 1891 were named Jefferson (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,732 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 15.5% of all boys named Jefferson (3,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s355#252 (1880)#283
1890s291#251 (1891)#364
1900s244#353 (1901)#452
1910s1,039#420 (1911)#484
1920s1,429#460 (1924)#519
1930s908#538 (1932)#634
1940s1,142#554 (1944)#594
1950s1,738#514 (1959)#558
1960s2,017#492 (1969)#547
1970s2,165#462 (1973)#564
1980s1,638#632 (1981)#702
1990s2,359#628 (1999)#682
2000s3,268#588 (2009)#663
2010s3,789#609 (2014)#661
2020s2,058#706 (2020)#748

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.

Jefferson in 1907

boys
#396
32 births · 1 in 4,588 boys

Top boys' names in 1907

  1. #1John8,983
  2. #2William6,904
  3. #3James6,707
  4. #4George4,445
  5. #5Robert4,020
  6. #6Charles3,884
  7. #7Joseph3,844
  8. #8Frank2,943
  9. #9Edward2,576
  10. #10Henry2,203
  11. #396Jefferson32
More about 1907

boys

146,826 boys got a published name in 1907; 1 in 4,588 of them was named Jefferson, which outranked 74.4% of the 1,549 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jefferson
  1. #388Merrill33
  2. #388Pat33
  3. #388Stewart33
  4. #396Jefferson32
  5. #396Christian32
  6. #396Elias32
  7. #396Gerard32
  8. #405Adrian31
  9. #405Alphonse31
  10. #405Bud31

Tied with 8 names at #396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1906
Risers
  1. ↑ 518Leamon#1,253 → #735
  2. ↑ 518Price#1,253 → #735
  3. ↑ 495Quincy#1,111 → #616
  4. ↑ 477Irene#1,111 → #634
  5. ↑ 477Mitchel#1,111 → #634
Fallers
  1. ↓ 636Norval#709 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 593Harper#752 → #1,345
  3. ↓ 560Barton#640 → #1,200
  4. ↓ 547Hurley#798 → #1,345
  5. ↓ 547Lawton#798 → #1,345

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1907 →