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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 167 boysAKMaine: #58 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 267 boysMEVermont: #81 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 427 boysVTNew Hampshire: #105 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 679 boysNHWashington: #47 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 204 boysWAIdaho: #58 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 226 boysIDMontana: #97 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 412 boysMTNorth Dakota: #64 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 254 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 285 boysMNIllinois: #44 for boys · 534 births · 1 in 206 boysILWisconsin: #35 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 153 boysWIMichigan: #42 for boys · 513 births · 1 in 172 boysMINew York: #88 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 560 boysNYMassachusetts: #85 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 724 boysMARhode Island: #99 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 870 boysRIOregon: #42 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 167 boysORNevada: #55 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 211 boysNVWyoming: #35 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 156 boysWYSouth Dakota: #56 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 214 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 170 boysIAIndiana: #30 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 121 boysINOhio: #36 for boys · 661 births · 1 in 160 boysOHPennsylvania: #74 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 416 boysPANew Jersey: #93 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 603 boysNJConnecticut: #90 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 604 boysCTCalifornia: #62 for boys · 638 births · 1 in 293 boysCAUtah: #46 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 192 boysUTColorado: #69 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 300 boysCONebraska: #57 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 238 boysNEMissouri: #42 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 182 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 112 boysKYWest Virginia: #30 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 122 boysWVVirginia: #39 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 164 boysVAMaryland: #49 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 280 boysMDDelaware: #50 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 275 boysDEArizona: #53 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 245 boysAZNew Mexico: #90 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 359 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 218 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 158 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 430 births · 1 in 90 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 141 boysNCSouth Carolina: #52 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 227 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #62 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 322 boysDCOklahoma: #54 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 216 boysOKLouisiana: #41 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 185 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 141 boysMSAlabama: #22 for boys · 340 births · 1 in 107 boysALGeorgia: #25 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 115 boysGAHawaii: #109 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 445 boysHITexas: #66 for boys · 406 births · 1 in 294 boysTXFlorida: #35 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 170 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#20 · 1 in 90
  2. Alabama#22 · 1 in 107
  3. Georgia#25 · 1 in 115
  4. Kentucky#26 · 1 in 112
  5. Indiana#30 · 1 in 121

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#204301 in 90
Alabama#223401 in 107
Georgia#254091 in 115
Kentucky#263061 in 112
Indiana#304321 in 121
West Virginia#301451 in 122
Mississippi#331901 in 141
North Carolina#333661 in 141
Florida#353181 in 170
Wisconsin#352971 in 153
Wyoming#35211 in 156
Ohio#366611 in 160
Virginia#392641 in 164
Louisiana#412181 in 185
Arkansas#421241 in 158
Iowa#421711 in 170
Michigan#425131 in 172
Missouri#422561 in 182
Oregon#421031 in 167
Alaska#43191 in 167
Illinois#445341 in 206
Utah#46631 in 192
Washington#471501 in 204
Maryland#491131 in 280
Delaware#50181 in 275
South Carolina#521201 in 227
Arizona#53691 in 245
Kansas#531011 in 218
Oklahoma#541091 in 216
Nevada#55161 in 211
South Dakota#56361 in 214
Nebraska#57681 in 238
Idaho#58311 in 226
Maine#58401 in 267
Minnesota#611421 in 285
California#626381 in 293
District of Columbia#62451 in 322
North Dakota#64271 in 254
Texas#664061 in 294
Colorado#69721 in 300
Pennsylvania#742671 in 416
Vermont#8191 in 427
Massachusetts#85771 in 724
New York#883121 in 560
Connecticut#90431 in 604
New Mexico#90371 in 359
New Jersey#931021 in 603
Montana#97181 in 412
Rhode Island#99101 in 870
New Hampshire#10591 in 679
Hawaii#109171 in 445

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 1962

girls
#1,607
49 births · 1 in 40,135 girls
boys
#45
9,282 births · 1 in 223 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #1,607Jeffery49

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #45Jeffery9,282
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 40,135 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 78.8% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #1,598Rina50
  2. #1,598Toya50
  3. #1,598Wendie50
  4. #1,607Jeffery49
  5. #1,607Dalene49
  6. #1,607Daphine49
  7. #1,607Demetrius49
  8. #1,627Anette48
  9. #1,627Anitra48
  10. #1,627Araceli48

Tied with 19 names at #1,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,281Tiffany#2,070 → #789
  2. ↑ 879Whitney#1,627 → #748
  3. ↑ 541Zina#1,533 → #992
  4. ↑ 414Glynis#1,406 → #992
  5. ↑ 408Lolita#978 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 300Fern#821 → #1,121
  2. ↓ 259Jacklyn#815 → #1,074
  3. ↓ 255Dorthy#929 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 224Laurene#943 → #1,167
  5. ↓ 215Jimmie#911 → #1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 223 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #42Frank9,761
  2. #43Peter9,585
  3. #44Jeff9,424
  4. #45Jeffery9,282
  5. #46Steve9,154
  6. #47Roger9,079
  7. #48Raymond9,070
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →