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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #106 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 498 boysAKMaine: #81 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 468 boysMEVermont: #70 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 333 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedNHWashington: #59 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 309 boysWAIdaho: #77 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 337 boysIDMontana: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 468 boysMTNorth Dakota: #85 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 429 boysNDMinnesota: #62 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 385 boysMNIllinois: #66 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 386 boysILWisconsin: #44 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 231 boysWIMichigan: #68 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 410 boysMINew York: #135 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 1,165 boysNYMassachusetts: #129 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,617 boysMARhode Island: #102 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,018 boysRIOregon: #47 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 248 boysORNevada: #51 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 226 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #80 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 454 boysSDIowa: #69 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 416 boysIAIndiana: #43 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 226 boysINOhio: #53 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 296 boysOHPennsylvania: #99 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 749 boysPANew Jersey: #117 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 1,040 boysNJConnecticut: #109 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 949 boysCTCalifornia: #74 for boys · 400 births · 1 in 384 boysCAUtah: #50 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 211 boysUTColorado: #124 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 677 boysCONebraska: #127 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 734 boysNEMissouri: #111 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 678 boysMOKentucky: #84 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 444 boysKYWest Virginia: #100 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 551 boysWVVirginia: #97 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 503 boysVAMaryland: #106 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 628 boysMDDelaware: #125 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 850 boysDEArizona: #143 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 719 boysAZNew Mexico: #140 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 684 boysNMKansas: #131 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 736 boysKSArkansas: #141 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 839 boysARTennessee: #87 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 473 boysTNNorth Carolina: #114 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 563 boysNCSouth Carolina: #156 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 923 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #130 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 860 boysDCOklahoma: #119 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 635 boysOKLouisiana: #115 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 530 boysLAMississippi: #146 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 863 boysMSAlabama: #82 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 392 boysALGeorgia: #120 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 607 boysGAHawaii: #115 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 430 boysHITexas: #158 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 878 boysTXFlorida: #109 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 482 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#43 · 1 in 226
  2. Wisconsin#44 · 1 in 231
  3. Oregon#47 · 1 in 248
  4. Utah#50 · 1 in 211
  5. Nevada#51 · 1 in 226

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#432321 in 226
Wisconsin#441911 in 231
Oregon#47731 in 248
Utah#50541 in 211
Nevada#51101 in 226
Ohio#533691 in 296
Washington#591001 in 309
Minnesota#621011 in 385
Illinois#662751 in 386
Michigan#682281 in 410
Iowa#69741 in 416
Vermont#70121 in 333
California#744001 in 384
Idaho#77221 in 337
South Dakota#80181 in 454
Maine#81221 in 468
Alabama#82991 in 392
Kentucky#84831 in 444
North Dakota#85181 in 429
Tennessee#87881 in 473
Montana#89161 in 468
Virginia#97871 in 503
Pennsylvania#991611 in 749
West Virginia#100411 in 551
Rhode Island#10291 in 1,018
Alaska#10661 in 498
Maryland#106481 in 628
Connecticut#109251 in 949
Florida#109851 in 482
Missouri#111691 in 678
North Carolina#114981 in 563
Hawaii#115161 in 430
Louisiana#115761 in 530
New Jersey#117541 in 1,040
Oklahoma#119391 in 635
Georgia#120801 in 607
Colorado#124281 in 677
Delaware#12551 in 850
Nebraska#127211 in 734
Massachusetts#129331 in 1,617
District of Columbia#130171 in 860
Kansas#131331 in 736
New York#1351461 in 1,165
New Mexico#140171 in 684
Arkansas#141251 in 839
Arizona#143181 in 719
Mississippi#146341 in 863
South Carolina#156341 in 923
Texas#1581381 in 878
New Hampshire———
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 1954

girls
#2,779
16 births · 1 in 121,370 girls
boys
#90
3,935 births · 1 in 518 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,779Jeffery16

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #90Jeffery3,935
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 121,370 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 58.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #2,695Wava17
  2. #2,695Wilhemina17
  3. #2,695Yvonnie17
  4. #2,779Jeffery16
  5. #2,779Albertine16
  6. #2,779Alfred16
  7. #2,779Alix16
  8. #2,889Alena15
  9. #2,889Alvera15
  10. #2,889Alverta15

Tied with 109 names at #2,779; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 518 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 97.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #87Ernest4,202
  2. #88Micheal4,178
  3. #89Eric4,169
  4. #90Jeffery3,935
  5. #91Eddie3,766
  6. #92Melvin3,711
  7. #93Fred3,695
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →