Jeffery

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #1,554 for boys in 2025, 110 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1966 · 7,904 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
230,549
since 1894

Jeffery over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #42, 1966boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,554110
2024—#1,295151
2023—#1,258153
2022—#1,180173
2021—#1,114184
2020—#992215
2019—#897244
2018—#852259
2017—#754312
2016—#770314
2015—#776305
2014—#662388
2013—#622397
2012—#641373
2011—#601409
2010—#568447
2009—#553479
2008—#511533
2007—#481556
2006—#431643
2005—#436607
2004—#417623
2003—#374697
2002—#361734
2001—#350778
2000—#333837
1999—#309924
1998—#293965
1997—#2621,080
1996—#2551,119
1995#13,3865#2341,273
1994—#2031,416
1993—#1921,626
1992—#1761,822
1991—#1512,121
1990#6,46513#1362,321
1989#9,6817#1292,478
1988#4,30820#1202,584
1987#3,42426#1092,645
1986#3,36026#1022,769
1985#2,80433#962,947
1984#4,47816#943,025
1983#3,55522#913,154
1982#3,78021#923,311
1981#3,62522#933,334
1980#3,06928#903,324
1979#2,93129#873,357
1978#2,68031#803,543
1977#3,48621#783,564
1976#3,18822#763,564
1975#2,68028#703,903
1974#2,68327#664,363
1973#2,45530#644,407
1972#2,35631#585,063
1971#2,37532#536,100
1970#2,01741#506,701
1969#1,83545#486,738
1968#1,72846#467,223
1967#1,61749#477,226
1966#1,79640#427,904
1965#1,91436#477,734
1964#1,80342#458,360
1963#1,56552#468,486
1962#1,60749#459,282
1961#1,66646#508,923
1960#1,65546#557,658
1959#1,95133#557,487
1958#1,93932#596,842
1957#1,80836#527,508
1956#2,00529#576,569
1955#2,97115#735,466
1954#2,77916#903,935
1953#3,48011#1093,042
1952#2,50218#1342,183
1951#3,28411#1611,631
1950#4,3157#1831,216
1949#2,85013#1961,049
1948#3,8838#229795
1947—#236744
1946#3,9947#273552
1945#2,59812#315352
1944#3,3788#330336
1943#4,1966#349313
1942#4,6225#360281
1941#3,5597#411204
1940—#510128
1939—#83653
1938—#1,00940
1937—#1,44422
1936—#1,11834
1935—#1,35425
1934—#1,29327
1933—#1,28127
1932—#1,50922
1931—#1,84316
1930—#1,33029
1929#3,3948#1,61121
1928—#1,48025
1927#4,8055#1,37229
1926—#1,56523
1925—#1,36029
1924—#1,53225
1923—#1,87418
1922—#1,59123
1921—#2,37613
1920—#2,76510
1919—#2,15214
1918—#2,07315
1917—#1,81517
1916—#1,77117
1915—#2,07013
1914—#1,54516
1913—#1,36515
1912—#1,22315
1911——
1910—#1,3147
1909—#1,0838
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1907—#1,3455
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First appearance
1894

The first year at least five boys were named Jeffery! It came in at #1,074, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1894–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jeffery is popular in 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #75 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 287 boysAKMaine: #57 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 248 boysMEVermont: #115 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 672 boysVTNew Hampshire: #94 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 680 boysNHWashington: #57 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 260 boysWAIdaho: #39 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 159 boysIDMontana: #67 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 308 boysMTNorth Dakota: #70 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 333 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 253 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 484 births · 1 in 240 boysILWisconsin: #35 for boys · 295 births · 1 in 158 boysWIMichigan: #46 for boys · 457 births · 1 in 222 boysMINew York: #95 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 652 boysNYMassachusetts: #119 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,338 boysMARhode Island: #84 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 712 boysRIOregon: #35 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 162 boysORNevada: #48 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 187 boysNVWyoming: #105 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 487 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 267 boysSDIowa: #43 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 178 boysIAIndiana: #31 for boys · 420 births · 1 in 133 boysINOhio: #37 for boys · 721 births · 1 in 166 boysOHPennsylvania: #64 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 368 boysPANew Jersey: #102 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 769 boysNJConnecticut: #135 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,217 boysCTCalifornia: #54 for boys · 633 births · 1 in 278 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 137 boysUTColorado: #83 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 415 boysCONebraska: #59 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 274 boysNEMissouri: #64 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 329 boysMOKentucky: #45 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 190 boysKYWest Virginia: #43 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 191 boysWVVirginia: #45 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 219 boysVAMaryland: #89 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 443 boysMDDelaware: #59 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 309 boysDEArizona: #73 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 311 boysAZNew Mexico: #126 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 570 boysNMKansas: #63 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 282 boysKSArkansas: #78 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 364 boysARTennessee: #47 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 193 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 223 boysNCSouth Carolina: #91 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 386 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 332 boysDCOklahoma: #69 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 314 boysOKLouisiana: #67 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 281 boysLAMississippi: #75 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 328 boysMSAlabama: #48 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 199 boysALGeorgia: #66 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 273 boysGAHawaii: #89 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 347 boysHITexas: #104 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 468 boysTXFlorida: #46 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 236 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#31 · 1 in 133
  2. Utah#32 · 1 in 137
  3. Wisconsin#35 · 1 in 158
  4. Oregon#35 · 1 in 162
  5. Ohio#37 · 1 in 166

Best ever in a state: #18 in Tennessee, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#314201 in 133
Utah#32901 in 137
Oregon#351091 in 162
Wisconsin#352951 in 158
Ohio#377211 in 166
Idaho#39461 in 159
Iowa#431741 in 178
West Virginia#431131 in 191
Illinois#454841 in 240
Kentucky#451921 in 190
Virginia#452021 in 219
Florida#462121 in 236
Michigan#464571 in 222
North Carolina#462431 in 223
Tennessee#472121 in 193
Alabama#481981 in 199
Nevada#48141 in 187
Minnesota#501631 in 253
California#546331 in 278
Maine#57431 in 248
Washington#571231 in 260
Delaware#59171 in 309
Nebraska#59571 in 274
South Dakota#59301 in 267
Kansas#63861 in 282
Missouri#641481 in 329
Pennsylvania#643451 in 368
Georgia#661831 in 273
Louisiana#671541 in 281
Montana#67261 in 308
District of Columbia#69451 in 332
Oklahoma#69771 in 314
North Dakota#70221 in 333
Arizona#73491 in 311
Alaska#75121 in 287
Mississippi#75861 in 328
Arkansas#78561 in 364
Colorado#83501 in 415
Rhode Island#84131 in 712
Hawaii#89211 in 347
Maryland#89741 in 443
South Carolina#91791 in 386
New Hampshire#9491 in 680
New York#952781 in 652
New Jersey#102801 in 769
Texas#1042671 in 468
Wyoming#10571 in 487
Vermont#11561 in 672
Massachusetts#119431 in 1,338
New Mexico#126221 in 570
Connecticut#135221 in 1,217

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 Jeffery
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 259 spots since 2024 (#1,295 → #1,554)
  • 562 spots since 2020 (#992 → #1,554)
  • 778 spots since 2015 (#776 → #1,554)
  • Biggest jump: 326 spots in 1940 (#836 → #510)
  • Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2021 (#992 → #1,114)
Rise & fade · boys
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1894
  • Peaked 1966 at #42 (7,904 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1954–1985
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1939–2020
Share of babies · boys
1 in 223
  • Highest: 1 in 223 boys born in 1962 were named Jeffery (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,528 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #42 in 1966, was only 1 in 226 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 34.5% of all boys named Jeffery (79,534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,074 (1894)#1,074
1900s13#1,083 (1909)#1,214
1910s129#1,223 (1912)#1,703
1920s216#1,360 (1925)#1,753
1930s295#836 (1939)#1,302
1940s4,754#196 (1949)#321
1950s45,879#52 (1957)#97
1960s79,534#42 (1966)#47
1970s44,565#50 (1970)#68
1980s29,571#90 (1980)#102
1990s14,667#136 (1990)#221
2000s6,487#333 (2000)#425
2010s3,448#568 (2010)#714
2020s986#992 (2020)#1,232

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.

Jeffery in 1957

girls
#1,808
36 births · 1 in 56,801 girls
boys
#52
7,508 births · 1 in 287 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,808Jeffery36

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #52Jeffery7,508
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 56,801 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 74.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #1,784Romaine37
  2. #1,784Vinnie37
  3. #1,784Vivienne37
  4. #1,808Jeffery36
  5. #1,808Alida36
  6. #1,808Blenda36
  7. #1,808Cammie36
  8. #1,842Alita35
  9. #1,842Annita35
  10. #1,842Artie35

Tied with 33 names at #1,808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 287 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 98.9% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #49Carl8,192
  2. #50Dale7,866
  3. #51Gerald7,595
  4. #52Jeffery7,508
  5. #53Mike7,247
  6. #54Russell7,223
  7. #55Craig7,069
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 714Dion#1,642 → #928
  2. ↑ 404Wes#1,317 → #913
  3. ↑ 371Antoine#1,232 → #861
  4. ↑ 340Domenick#1,335 → #995
  5. ↑ 329Mitch#868 → #539
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Lannie#999 → #1,457
  2. ↓ 402Desi#986 → #1,388
  3. ↓ 354Gavin#924 → #1,278
  4. ↓ 317Murphy#917 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 288Eliot#897 → #1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →