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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #54 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 228 boysAKMaine: #62 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 297 boysMEVermont: #61 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 311 boysVTNew Hampshire: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 591 boysNHWashington: #43 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 204 boysWAIdaho: #47 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 191 boysIDMontana: #71 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 277 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 197 boysNDMinnesota: #57 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 281 boysMNIllinois: #41 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 218 boysILWisconsin: #41 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 194 boysWIMichigan: #35 for boys · 485 births · 1 in 157 boysMINew York: #87 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 543 boysNYMassachusetts: #84 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 691 boysMARhode Island: #114 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,016 boysRIOregon: #44 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 189 boysORNevada: #77 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 336 boysNVWyoming: #65 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 244 boysWYSouth Dakota: #59 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 220 boysSDIowa: #45 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 188 boysIAIndiana: #33 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 136 boysINOhio: #38 for boys · 506 births · 1 in 178 boysOHPennsylvania: #69 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 418 boysPANew Jersey: #120 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 822 boysNJConnecticut: #93 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 680 boysCTCalifornia: #57 for boys · 507 births · 1 in 330 boysCAUtah: #41 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 147 boysUTColorado: #45 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 241 boysCONebraska: #39 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 152 boysNEMissouri: #40 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 181 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 103 boysKYWest Virginia: #39 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 172 boysWVVirginia: #44 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 217 boysVAMaryland: #65 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 408 boysMDDelaware: #89 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 529 boysDEArizona: #80 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 371 boysAZNew Mexico: #116 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 550 boysNMKansas: #36 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 147 boysKSArkansas: #29 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 117 boysARTennessee: #22 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 102 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 181 boysNCSouth Carolina: #38 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 169 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #88 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 456 boysDCOklahoma: #39 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 162 boysOKLouisiana: #42 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 218 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 144 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 123 boysALGeorgia: #29 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 134 boysGAHawaii: #118 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 533 boysHITexas: #64 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 283 boysTXFlorida: #45 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 245 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#22 · 1 in 102
  2. Kentucky#26 · 1 in 103
  3. Arkansas#29 · 1 in 117
  4. Georgia#29 · 1 in 134
  5. Alabama#30 · 1 in 123

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#223211 in 102
Kentucky#262641 in 103
Arkansas#291281 in 117
Georgia#293051 in 134
Alabama#302361 in 123
Indiana#333231 in 136
Mississippi#331401 in 144
Michigan#354851 in 157
Kansas#361051 in 147
Ohio#385061 in 178
South Carolina#381321 in 169
Nebraska#39731 in 152
Oklahoma#391131 in 162
West Virginia#39801 in 172
Missouri#402021 in 181
Illinois#414181 in 218
Utah#41711 in 147
Wisconsin#411831 in 194
Louisiana#421581 in 218
Washington#431301 in 204
North Carolina#442401 in 181
Oregon#44791 in 189
Virginia#441681 in 217
Colorado#45741 in 241
Florida#451941 in 245
Iowa#451201 in 188
Idaho#47281 in 191
North Dakota#52251 in 197
Alaska#54121 in 228
California#575071 in 330
Minnesota#571101 in 281
South Dakota#59221 in 220
Vermont#61101 in 311
Maine#62261 in 297
Texas#643621 in 283
Maryland#65681 in 408
Wyoming#6591 in 244
Pennsylvania#692171 in 418
Montana#71181 in 277
Nevada#77101 in 336
Arizona#80391 in 371
Massachusetts#84661 in 691
New Hampshire#8791 in 591
New York#872721 in 543
District of Columbia#88261 in 456
Delaware#8981 in 529
Connecticut#93331 in 680
Rhode Island#11471 in 1,016
New Mexico#116161 in 550
Hawaii#118111 in 533
New Jersey#120641 in 822

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 1968

girls
#1,728
46 births · 1 in 35,661 girls
boys
#46
7,223 births · 1 in 241 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #1,728Jeffery46

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #46Jeffery7,223
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 35,661 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 78.9% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #1,708Shanta47
  2. #1,708Tamitha47
  3. #1,708Tiffiny47
  4. #1,728Jeffery46
  5. #1,728Addie46
  6. #1,728Alane46
  7. #1,728Charline46
  8. #1,749Adria45
  9. #1,749Annabelle45
  10. #1,749Audry45

Tied with 20 names at #1,728; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 241 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #43Shawn7,478
  2. #44Jerry7,450
  3. #45Dennis7,403
  4. #46Jeffery7,223
  5. #47Jason7,143
  6. #48Terry7,089
  7. #49Frank6,897
Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →