Jeffrey

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869 · #552 for boys in 2025, 544 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1966 · 30,200 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
55 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
979,601
since 1885

Jeffrey over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #9, 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#552544
2024#520588
2023#485622
2022#452681
2021#424727
2020#386794
2019#364881
2018#3291,016
2017#3241,056
2016#3011,173
2015#2901,261
2014#2661,380
2013#2561,406
2012#16,8695#2401,508
2011#2461,440
2010#2211,625
2009#2161,719
2008#1981,998
2007#1912,131
2006#1802,267
2005#1712,425
2004#8,71612#1492,723
2003#15,7845#1402,885
2002#11,1088#1323,000
2001#13,5216#1193,207
2000#11,8017#1043,563
1999#8,80510#1003,815
1998#12,4266#914,191
1997#8,33410#844,582
1996#8,8129#725,263
1995#7,04112#645,731
1994#5,44517#556,525
1993#5,41917#537,535
1992#3,26734#518,471
1991#3,72228#459,894
1990#2,85040#4310,980
1989#2,76940#3712,013
1988#1,66078#3612,401
1987#1,59178#3213,477
1986#1,40591#3213,651
1985#1,287104#2914,500
1984#1,29596#2814,758
1983#1,159114#2815,649
1982#1,29398#2916,030
1981#1,36291#2915,931
1980#1,33794#2716,379
1979#1,34991#2416,865
1978#1,24899#1916,989
1977#1,38081#1917,481
1976#1,33081#1717,013
1975#1,33281#1418,316
1974#1,16996#1519,320
1973#1,21188#1719,216
1972#1,11699#1721,677
1971#1,084111#1225,834
1970#916141#1130,139
1969#1,024113#1128,967
1968#984112#1128,369
1967#945116#1328,083
1966#1,14286#930,200
1965#1,30269#1029,574
1964#1,21183#1030,728
1963#1,082100#1031,701
1962#1,24778#1033,537
1961#1,20484#1132,029
1960#1,18884#1428,841
1959#1,38360#1626,281
1958#1,36460#2124,223
1957#1,58846#2123,982
1956#1,63742#2023,285
1955#1,73336#2022,533
1954#1,76934#2319,052
1953#1,56539#2515,949
1952#2,32720#3112,006
1951#2,93713#359,713
1950#2,05322#437,644
1949#1,91725#486,987
1948#2,07022#585,929
1947#2,14621#665,665
1946#2,59714#784,125
1945#2,33914#912,782
1944#4,0546#1012,325
1943#3,2499#1162,171
1942#4,6225#1162,055
1941#3,5597#1341,502
1940#183799
1939#284378
1938#463156
1937#62187
1936#71969
1935#96943
1934#91747
1933#1,09436
1932#1,11037
1931#1,84316
1930#1,21534
1929#1,73119
1928#1,18836
1927#1,46826
1926#1,40427
1925#1,45126
1924#1,32931
1923#1,42027
1922#1,33330
1921#1,82919
1920#1,64222
1919#1,57622
1918#1,99816
1917#1,75518
1916#1,54921
1915#1,50521
1914#1,97511
1913#1,49713
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910#1,3147
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Jeffrey! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jeffrey
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 32 spots since 2024 (#520#552)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#386#552)
  • 262 spots since 2015 (#290#552)
  • Biggest jump: 250 spots in 1936 (#969#719)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1935 (#917#969)
Rise & fade · boys
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1966 at #9 (30,200 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: 5 yrs · run 1962–1966
  • Top 100: 55 yrs · run 1945–1999
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1934–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 59
  • Highest: 1 in 59 boys born in 1966 were named Jeffrey (1.7%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,140 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Jeffrey (302,029) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s0
1900s0
1910s147#1,314 (1910)#1,612
1920s263#1,188 (1928)#1,480
1930s903#284 (1939)#924
1940s34,340#48 (1949)#99
1950s184,668#16 (1959)#26
1960s302,029#9 (1966)#11
1970s202,850#11 (1970)#17
1980s144,789#27 (1980)#31
1990s66,987#43 (1990)#66
2000s25,918#104 (2000)#160
2010s12,746#221 (2010)#284
2020s3,956#386 (2020)#470

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.

Jeffrey in 1967

girls
#945
116 births · 1 in 14,233 girls
boys
#13
28,083 births · 1 in 62 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #945Jeffrey116

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #13Jeffrey28,083
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 14,233 of them was named Jeffrey, which outranked 88.0% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffrey
  1. #941Kimberlie118
  2. #943Joell117
  3. #943Kevin117
  4. #945Jeffrey116
  5. #945Adele116
  6. #945Bethann116
  7. #948Ericka115
  8. #948Mayra115
  9. #948Sebrina115

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 62 of them was named Jeffrey, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffrey
  1. #10Brian28,646
  2. #11Timothy28,587
  3. #12Thomas28,247
  4. #13Jeffrey28,083
  5. #14Steven27,031
  6. #15Joseph25,926
  7. #16Scott25,535
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967