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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#1,0745
1893
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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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedAKMaine: #187 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,507 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #170 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,566 boysNHWashington: #116 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 689 boysWAIdaho: #127 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 622 boysIDMontana: #124 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 587 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #223 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,115 boysMNIllinois: #137 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 811 boysILWisconsin: #124 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 854 boysWIMichigan: #113 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 670 boysMINew York: #227 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 1,633 boysNYMassachusetts: #278 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,144 boysMARhode Island: #131 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 952 boysRIOregon: #108 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 613 boysORNevada: #143 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 719 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedSDIowa: #151 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 975 boysIAIndiana: #92 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 460 boysINOhio: #101 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 578 boysOHPennsylvania: #170 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 1,371 boysPANew Jersey: #295 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,608 boysNJConnecticut: #268 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,508 boysCTCalifornia: #243 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 1,595 boysCAUtah: #131 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 666 boysUTColorado: #123 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 719 boysCONebraska: #111 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 574 boysNEMissouri: #113 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 655 boysMOKentucky: #71 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 340 boysKYWest Virginia: #87 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 438 boysWVVirginia: #146 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 964 boysVAMaryland: #157 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,070 boysMDDelaware: #108 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 614 boysDEArizona: #176 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 993 boysAZNew Mexico: #157 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 761 boysNMKansas: #232 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,538 boysKSArkansas: #66 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 292 boysARTennessee: #73 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 356 boysTNNorth Carolina: #102 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 553 boysNCSouth Carolina: #92 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 506 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #294 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,327 boysDCOklahoma: #103 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 501 boysOKLouisiana: #107 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 539 boysLAMississippi: #90 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 418 boysMSAlabama: #68 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 335 boysALGeorgia: #88 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 487 boysGAHawaii: #206 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,030 boysHITexas: #173 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 871 boysTXFlorida: #133 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 804 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#66 · 1 in 292
  2. Alabama#68 · 1 in 335
  3. Kentucky#71 · 1 in 340
  4. Tennessee#73 · 1 in 356
  5. West Virginia#87 · 1 in 438

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#66531 in 292
Alabama#68811 in 335
Kentucky#71731 in 340
Tennessee#731001 in 356
West Virginia#87241 in 438
Georgia#881031 in 487
Mississippi#90411 in 418
Indiana#92881 in 460
South Carolina#92481 in 506
Ohio#1011381 in 578
North Carolina#102861 in 553
Oklahoma#103411 in 501
Louisiana#107581 in 539
Delaware#10881 in 614
Oregon#108331 in 613
Nebraska#111191 in 574
Michigan#1131061 in 670
Missouri#113581 in 655
Washington#116521 in 689
Colorado#123341 in 719
Montana#12481 in 587
Wisconsin#124391 in 854
Idaho#127111 in 622
Rhode Island#13171 in 952
Utah#131251 in 666
Florida#1331141 in 804
Illinois#1371101 in 811
Nevada#143121 in 719
Virginia#146451 in 964
Iowa#151191 in 975
Maryland#157311 in 1,070
New Mexico#157151 in 761
New Hampshire#17051 in 1,566
Pennsylvania#170601 in 1,371
Texas#1731761 in 871
Arizona#176311 in 993
Maine#18751 in 1,507
Hawaii#20671 in 1,030
Minnesota#223151 in 2,115
New York#227851 in 1,633
Kansas#232111 in 1,538
California#2431821 in 1,595
Connecticut#26891 in 2,508
Massachusetts#278141 in 3,144
District of Columbia#29471 in 1,327
New Jersey#295211 in 2,608
Alaska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

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 1990

girls
#6,465
13 births · 1 in 146,042 girls
boys
#136
2,321 births · 1 in 885 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #6,465Jeffery13

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #136Jeffery2,321
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 146,042 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 57.6% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #6,131Zandria14
  2. #6,131Zayra14
  3. #6,131Zeina14
  4. #6,465Jeffery13
  5. #6,465Adelia13
  6. #6,465Adella13
  7. #6,465Adi13
  8. #6,867Aaliyah12
  9. #6,867Abriel12
  10. #6,867Aerielle12

Tied with 401 names at #6,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 885 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 98.6% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #133Angel2,407
  2. #134Manuel2,390
  3. #135Oscar2,328
  4. #136Jeffery2,321
  5. #137Andre2,295
  6. #138Henry2,253
  7. #139Colton2,235
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990