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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #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 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedAKMaine: #168 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,237 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedNHWashington: #91 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 507 boysWAIdaho: #108 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 517 boysIDMontana: #149 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 894 boysMTNorth Dakota: #132 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 762 boysNDMinnesota: #110 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 755 boysMNIllinois: #86 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 562 boysILWisconsin: #56 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 348 boysWIMichigan: #94 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 619 boysMINew York: #176 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 1,873 boysNYMassachusetts: #164 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,036 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedRIOregon: #81 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 441 boysORNevada: #77 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 337 boysNVWyoming: #100 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 491 boysWYSouth Dakota: #126 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 760 boysSDIowa: #117 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 753 boysIAIndiana: #75 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 446 boysINOhio: #86 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 537 boysOHPennsylvania: #109 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 943 boysPANew Jersey: #133 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,483 boysNJConnecticut: #132 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,548 boysCTCalifornia: #111 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 641 boysCAUtah: #67 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 316 boysUTColorado: #236 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,247 boysCONebraska: #121 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 780 boysNEMissouri: #183 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,531 boysMOKentucky: #148 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,049 boysKYWest Virginia: #156 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,131 boysWVVirginia: #164 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,053 boysVAMaryland: #142 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,063 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedDEArizona: #230 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,481 boysAZNew Mexico: #220 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,383 boysNMKansas: #162 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,127 boysKSArkansas: #177 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,191 boysARTennessee: #167 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,271 boysTNNorth Carolina: #169 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,109 boysNCSouth Carolina: #242 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,147 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #121 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 759 boysDCOklahoma: #234 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,005 boysOKLouisiana: #187 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,105 boysLAMississippi: #233 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,802 boysMSAlabama: #135 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 809 boysALGeorgia: #155 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 916 boysGAHawaii: #146 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 608 boysHITexas: #240 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 1,644 boysTXFlorida: #128 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 670 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#56 · 1 in 348
  2. Utah#67 · 1 in 316
  3. Indiana#75 · 1 in 446
  4. Nevada#77 · 1 in 337
  5. Oregon#81 · 1 in 441

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#561221 in 348
Utah#67351 in 316
Indiana#751131 in 446
Nevada#7751 in 337
Oregon#81421 in 441
Illinois#861791 in 562
Ohio#861891 in 537
Washington#91591 in 507
Michigan#941401 in 619
Wyoming#10071 in 491
Idaho#108141 in 517
Pennsylvania#1091251 in 943
Minnesota#110501 in 755
California#1112191 in 641
Iowa#117411 in 753
District of Columbia#121191 in 759
Nebraska#121201 in 780
South Dakota#126111 in 760
Florida#128531 in 670
Connecticut#132141 in 1,548
North Dakota#132101 in 762
New Jersey#133351 in 1,483
Alabama#135481 in 809
Maryland#142261 in 1,063
Hawaii#146111 in 608
Kentucky#148341 in 1,049
Montana#14981 in 894
Georgia#155511 in 916
West Virginia#156211 in 1,131
Kansas#162201 in 1,127
Massachusetts#164171 in 3,036
Virginia#164391 in 1,053
Tennessee#167311 in 1,271
Maine#16881 in 1,237
North Carolina#169481 in 1,109
New York#176881 in 1,873
Arkansas#177181 in 1,191
Missouri#183291 in 1,531
Louisiana#187341 in 1,105
New Mexico#22081 in 1,383
Arizona#23081 in 1,481
Mississippi#233161 in 1,802
Oklahoma#234121 in 2,005
Colorado#23681 in 2,247
Texas#240701 in 1,644
South Carolina#242141 in 2,147
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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 1952

girls
#2,502
18 births · 1 in 103,019 girls
boys
#134
2,183 births · 1 in 890 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #2,502Jeffery18

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #134Jeffery2,183
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 103,019 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 60.8% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #2,411Virgina19
  2. #2,411Voncile19
  3. #2,411Wendolyn19
  4. #2,502Jeffery18
  5. #2,502Alease18
  6. #2,502Alona18
  7. #2,502Alvera18
  8. #2,581Alayne17
  9. #2,581America17
  10. #2,581Barrie17

Tied with 78 names at #2,502; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 890 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 96.9% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #131Duane2,231
  2. #132Joel2,228
  3. #133Tony2,185
  4. #134Jeffery2,183
  5. #135Jon2,151
  6. #136Mike2,101
  7. #137Vernon2,082
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →