Jeffie

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,926
Given to girls 59.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 7 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,012
since 1881

Jeffie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #740, 1882peak #907, 1893girlsboys
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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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1986#5,9266
1985
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1983#5,4846
1982
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1978#5,0596
1977#4,1648
1976#9,2845
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1972
1971
1970#7,9955
1969
1968#3,6736
1967#2,7609
1966#2,32712
1965#3,5376
1964#4,0395
1963#3,0448
1962#5,2937#2,36412
1961#3,6526
1960#6,3905#2,31513
1959#3,9885
1958#4,5208#2,02616
1957#4,2029#3,0248
1956#3,69611#3,9425
1955#4,7407
1954#2,88915#2,31612
1953#3,4256
1952#4,4837#2,51410
1951#4,8336#3,3646
1950#3,9628#2,7708
1949#3,8928#2,33711
1948#3,13711#2,7888
1947#3,06112#3,3706
1946#2,73913#2,9197
1945#2,33914#2,00912
1944#3,3788#3,1096
1943#2,86111#2,18212
1942#2,81711#2,26811
1941#1,75021#2,08312
1940#1,54925#2,4789
1939#2,03816#2,28810
1938#3,1818#3,1756
1937#2,73510#1,82815
1936#2,15314#1,87214
1935#3,1568#2,24611
1934#2,28913#2,02213
1933#2,27513#2,09312
1932#2,23514#1,77717
1931#1,59423#2,00314
1930#2,02317#2,7819
1929#2,92110#2,31712
1928#1,54127#2,38712
1927#1,77123#2,29813
1926#1,51429#1,98116
1925#1,64726#1,80619
1924#1,92621#2,34713
1923#1,89521#1,81619
1922#1,64626#2,34713
1921#1,66826#2,26514
1920#1,81622#1,96617
1919#1,60425#1,69520
1918#1,41130#1,71020
1917#1,65222#1,75518
1916#1,29831#2,7309
1915#1,73819#1,78216
1914#1,22825#2,2719
1913#1,88311#1,80310
1912#1,25218#2,2696
1911#1,17115#1,7405
1910#1,06917
1909#1,6078#1,4405
1908#1,35710
1907#1,03714
1906#1,04313
1905#1,05713#1,2335
1904#1,3648
1903#1,4407
1902
1901#88114
1900#1,5617#1,1626
1899#1,1818
1898#1,04711
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2138
1895
1894#95011
1893#9076
1892#86112
1891
1890#9409
1889#9508
1888#1,2765
1887#1,1475
1886#9936
1885#1,0475
1884
1883#8176
1882#7407
1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Jeffie! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jeffie is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Jeffie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
  • Biggest jump: 680 spots in 1901 (#1,561#881)
  • Biggest drop: 154 spots in 1887 (#993#1,147)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1881–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,407
  • Highest: 1 in 15,407 girls born in 1882 were named Jeffie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 293,020 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.8% of all girls named Jeffie (231) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1977
  • Mostly girls until 1976, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s47#740 (1882)#975
1890s64#861 (1892)#1,107
1900s94#881 (1901)#1,261
1910s213#1,069 (1910)#1,431
1920s231#1,514 (1926)#1,835
1930s136#1,594 (1931)#2,368
1940s134#1,549 (1940)#2,752
1950s71#2,889 (1954)#4,166
1960s12#5,293 (1962)#5,842
1970s10#7,995 (1970)#8,640

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jeffie in 1890

girls
#940
9 births · 1 in 21,153 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #940Jeffie9
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 21,153 of them was named Jeffie, which outranked 38.7% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffie
  1. #872Vassie10
  2. #872Vonnie10
  3. #872Wilhelmine10
  4. #940Jeffie9
  5. #940Abigail9
  6. #940Aida9
  7. #940Albertha9
  8. #1,006Altie8
  9. #1,006Annis8
  10. #1,006Arbie8

Tied with 65 names at #940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890