Jefferson

Where Jefferson comes from

From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jefferson
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1808
    Jefferson Davis born
    President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #252 among boys — 43 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #251
    40 babies named Jefferson — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1897
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #473.
  5. 1984
    Jefferson Farfán born
    Peruvian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jefferson Davis · President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, 1808–1889
  • Jefferson Farfán · Peruvian association football player, born 1984
  • Jefferson · Brazilian association football player, born 1983
  • Jefferson Lerma · Colombian association football player, born 1994
  • Jefferson Montero · Ecuadorian association football player, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.