Jefferson
#829 for boys in 2025, 298 births
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 43 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 24,440since 1880
Jefferson over time
Rank among boys' names. Jefferson has never cracked the top 200 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 | #829 | 298 |
| 2024 | #710 | 375 |
| 2023 | #762 | 339 |
| 2022 | #760 | 332 |
| 2021 | #723 | 357 |
| 2020 | #706 | 357 |
| 2019 | #739 | 326 |
| 2018 | #681 | 364 |
| 2017 | #698 | 353 |
| 2016 | #620 | 432 |
| 2015 | #672 | 378 |
| 2014 | #609 | 439 |
| 2013 | #610 | 414 |
| 2012 | #617 | 394 |
| 2011 | #703 | 326 |
| 2010 | #662 | 363 |
| 2009 | #588 | 444 |
| 2008 | #599 | 419 |
| 2007 | #602 | 417 |
| 2006 | #645 | 359 |
| 2005 | #628 | 348 |
| 2004 | #656 | 310 |
| 2003 | #730 | 249 |
| 2002 | #703 | 254 |
| 2001 | #762 | 225 |
| 2000 | #717 | 243 |
| 1999 | #628 | 287 |
| 1998 | #724 | 227 |
| 1997 | #683 | 236 |
| 1996 | #686 | 236 |
| 1995 | #682 | 242 |
| 1994 | #694 | 225 |
| 1993 | #633 | 266 |
| 1992 | #709 | 209 |
| 1991 | #676 | 224 |
| 1990 | #707 | 207 |
| 1989 | #726 | 186 |
| 1988 | #721 | 170 |
| 1987 | #760 | 145 |
| 1986 | #730 | 153 |
| 1985 | #682 | 170 |
| 1984 | #689 | 159 |
| 1983 | #731 | 139 |
| 1982 | #690 | 158 |
| 1981 | #632 | 182 |
| 1980 | #655 | 176 |
| 1979 | #644 | 175 |
| 1978 | #655 | 164 |
| 1977 | #665 | 161 |
| 1976 | #586 | 194 |
| 1975 | #612 | 177 |
| 1974 | #515 | 234 |
| 1973 | #462 | 285 |
| 1972 | #515 | 233 |
| 1971 | #496 | 266 |
| 1970 | #488 | 276 |
| 1969 | #492 | 246 |
| 1968 | #516 | 214 |
| 1967 | #518 | 208 |
| 1966 | #559 | 186 |
| 1965 | #584 | 171 |
| 1964 | #550 | 205 |
| 1963 | #589 | 177 |
| 1962 | #540 | 214 |
| 1961 | #530 | 223 |
| 1960 | #596 | 173 |
| 1959 | #514 | 234 |
| 1958 | #557 | 192 |
| 1957 | #606 | 160 |
| 1956 | #602 | 160 |
| 1955 | #522 | 196 |
| 1954 | #545 | 178 |
| 1953 | #576 | 155 |
| 1952 | #565 | 154 |
| 1951 | #532 | 162 |
| 1950 | #558 | 147 |
| 1949 | #585 | 133 |
| 1948 | #613 | 123 |
| 1947 | #577 | 137 |
| 1946 | #586 | 120 |
| 1945 | #592 | 105 |
| 1944 | #554 | 119 |
| 1943 | #643 | 98 |
| 1942 | #629 | 101 |
| 1941 | #579 | 104 |
| 1940 | #585 | 102 |
| 1939 | #621 | 88 |
| 1938 | #784 | 61 |
| 1937 | #700 | 73 |
| 1936 | #736 | 67 |
| 1935 | #575 | 101 |
| 1934 | #576 | 105 |
| 1933 | #624 | 86 |
| 1932 | #538 | 119 |
| 1931 | #565 | 108 |
| 1930 | #617 | 100 |
| 1929 | #630 | 94 |
| 1928 | #593 | 109 |
| 1927 | #543 | 129 |
| 1926 | #510 | 142 |
| 1925 | #510 | 143 |
| 1924 | #460 | 177 |
| 1923 | #482 | 159 |
| 1922 | #489 | 160 |
| 1921 | #483 | 162 |
| 1920 | #488 | 154 |
| 1919 | #493 | 146 |
| 1918 | #489 | 149 |
| 1917 | #460 | 152 |
| 1916 | #547 | 109 |
| 1915 | #447 | 150 |
| 1914 | #472 | 105 |
| 1913 | #448 | 92 |
| 1912 | #497 | 64 |
| 1911 | #420 | 47 |
| 1910 | #569 | 25 |
| 1909 | #530 | 24 |
| 1908 | #499 | 25 |
| 1907 | #396 | 32 |
| 1906 | #443 | 25 |
| 1905 | #477 | 22 |
| 1904 | #466 | 21 |
| 1903 | #470 | 20 |
| 1902 | #415 | 24 |
| 1901 | #353 | 27 |
| 1900 | #469 | 24 |
| 1899 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #307 | 38 |
| 1897 | #473 | 17 |
| 1896 | #407 | 23 |
| 1895 | #347 | 28 |
| 1894 | #322 | 30 |
| 1893 | #359 | 25 |
| 1892 | #289 | 40 |
| 1891 | #251 | 40 |
| 1890 | #275 | 39 |
| 1889 | #266 | 39 |
| 1888 | #312 | 33 |
| 1887 | #294 | 32 |
| 1886 | #294 | 34 |
| 1885 | #268 | 38 |
| 1884 | #271 | 39 |
| 1883 | #289 | 32 |
| 1882 | #294 | 34 |
| 1881 | #286 | 31 |
| 1880 | #252 | 43 |
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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#205 · 1 in 1,529
- South Carolina#263 · 1 in 2,291
- Mississippi#268 · 1 in 2,253
- Arkansas#283 · 1 in 2,034
- North Carolina#306 · 1 in 3,089
Best ever in a state: #68 in District of Columbia, 2008.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #205 | 18 | 1 in 1,529 |
| South Carolina | #263 | 8 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Mississippi | #268 | 9 | 1 in 2,253 |
| Arkansas | #283 | 9 | 1 in 2,034 |
| North Carolina | #306 | 11 | 1 in 3,089 |
| Oklahoma | #316 | 8 | 1 in 2,832 |
| Tennessee | #329 | 7 | 1 in 3,424 |
| Virginia | #373 | 5 | 1 in 4,430 |
| Louisiana | #380 | 6 | 1 in 3,315 |
| Missouri | #407 | 5 | 1 in 5,898 |
| Ohio | #429 | 6 | 1 in 8,775 |
| Georgia | #453 | 5 | 1 in 5,406 |
| Texas | #461 | 14 | 1 in 3,926 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jefferson
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #251 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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%)
- 15.5% of all boys named Jefferson (3,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 355 | #252 (1880) | #283 |
| 1890s | 291 | #251 (1891) | #364 |
| 1900s | 244 | #353 (1901) | #452 |
| 1910s | 1,039 | #420 (1911) | #484 |
| 1920s | 1,429 | #460 (1924) | #519 |
| 1930s | 908 | #538 (1932) | #634 |
| 1940s | 1,142 | #554 (1944) | #594 |
| 1950s | 1,738 | #514 (1959) | #558 |
| 1960s | 2,017 | #492 (1969) | #547 |
| 1970s | 2,165 | #462 (1973) | #564 |
| 1980s | 1,638 | #632 (1981) | #702 |
| 1990s | 2,359 | #628 (1999) | #682 |
| 2000s | 3,268 | #588 (2009) | #663 |
| 2010s | 3,789 | #609 (2014) | #661 |
| 2020s | 2,058 | #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 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 7,820 of them was named Jefferson, which outranked 89.5% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #506Newton144
- #506Reed144
- #509Anderson143
- #510Jefferson142
- #510Lucien142
- #512Bryan139
- #512Carlo139
- #512Ezra139
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.