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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201974peak #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 1974

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #90 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 446 boysAKMaine: #66 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 325 boysMEVermont: #90 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 442 boysVTNew Hampshire: #79 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 509 boysNHWashington: #59 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 260 boysWAIdaho: #54 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 201 boysIDMontana: #84 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 364 boysMTNorth Dakota: #108 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 569 boysNDMinnesota: #70 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 357 boysMNIllinois: #64 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 346 boysILWisconsin: #63 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 308 boysWIMichigan: #50 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 240 boysMINew York: #145 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 922 boysNYMassachusetts: #150 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,366 boysMARhode Island: #129 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,014 boysRIOregon: #55 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 234 boysORNevada: #47 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 197 boysNVWyoming: #82 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 347 boysWYSouth Dakota: #85 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 386 boysSDIowa: #63 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 308 boysIAIndiana: #56 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 241 boysINOhio: #56 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 286 boysOHPennsylvania: #95 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 643 boysPANew Jersey: #160 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,071 boysNJConnecticut: #115 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 754 boysCTCalifornia: #106 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 531 boysCAUtah: #54 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 210 boysUTColorado: #59 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 319 boysCONebraska: #71 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 342 boysNEMissouri: #59 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 281 boysMOKentucky: #41 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 181 boysKYWest Virginia: #57 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 251 boysWVVirginia: #75 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 412 boysVAMaryland: #97 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 548 boysMDDelaware: #97 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 482 boysDEArizona: #95 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 487 boysAZNew Mexico: #96 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 395 boysNMKansas: #57 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 256 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 165 boysARTennessee: #44 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 201 boysTNNorth Carolina: #55 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 255 boysNCSouth Carolina: #68 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 315 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #129 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 609 boysDCOklahoma: #52 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 219 boysOKLouisiana: #54 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 250 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 178 boysMSAlabama: #29 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 144 boysALGeorgia: #36 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 187 boysGAHawaii: #211 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 991 boysHITexas: #91 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 399 boysTXFlorida: #66 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 338 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#29 · 1 in 144
  2. Georgia#36 · 1 in 187
  3. Mississippi#38 · 1 in 178
  4. Kentucky#41 · 1 in 181
  5. Arkansas#42 · 1 in 165

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#291841 in 144
Georgia#362041 in 187
Mississippi#381051 in 178
Kentucky#411431 in 181
Arkansas#42941 in 165
Tennessee#441551 in 201
Nevada#47171 in 197
Michigan#502671 in 240
Oklahoma#52851 in 219
Idaho#54321 in 201
Louisiana#541181 in 250
Utah#54651 in 210
North Carolina#551521 in 255
Oregon#55641 in 234
Indiana#561641 in 241
Ohio#562721 in 286
Kansas#57551 in 256
West Virginia#57511 in 251
Colorado#59571 in 319
Missouri#591201 in 281
Washington#59881 in 260
Iowa#63621 in 308
Wisconsin#631001 in 308
Illinois#642261 in 346
Florida#661501 in 338
Maine#66201 in 325
South Carolina#68661 in 315
Minnesota#70741 in 357
Nebraska#71321 in 342
Virginia#75761 in 412
New Hampshire#79101 in 509
Wyoming#8271 in 347
Montana#84141 in 364
South Dakota#85121 in 386
Alaska#9061 in 446
Vermont#9061 in 442
Texas#912651 in 399
Arizona#95371 in 487
Pennsylvania#951141 in 643
New Mexico#96231 in 395
Delaware#9771 in 482
Maryland#97381 in 548
California#1062831 in 531
North Dakota#10881 in 569
Connecticut#115221 in 754
District of Columbia#129131 in 609
Rhode Island#12951 in 1,014
New York#1451241 in 922
Massachusetts#150251 in 1,366
New Jersey#160401 in 1,071
Hawaii#21161 in 991

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 1974

girls
#2,683
27 births · 1 in 54,353 girls
boys
#66
4,363 births · 1 in 360 boys

Top girls' names in 1974

  1. #1Jennifer63,107
  2. #2Amy29,566
  3. #3Michelle25,826
  4. #4Heather23,179
  5. #5Angela22,803
  6. #6Kimberly22,427
  7. #7Melissa22,166
  8. #8Lisa19,778
  9. #9Stephanie16,984
  10. #10Rebecca15,163
  11. #2,683Jeffery27

Top boys' names in 1974

  1. #1Michael67,534
  2. #2Jason54,756
  3. #3Christopher48,585
  4. #4David41,786
  5. #5James41,334
  6. #6John37,612
  7. #7Robert37,005
  8. #8Brian34,449
  9. #9Matthew27,194
  10. #10William26,980
  11. #66Jeffery4,363
More about 1974

girls

1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 54,353 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 73.8% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #2,616Towanna28
  2. #2,616Vernetta28
  3. #2,616Yajaira28
  4. #2,683Jeffery27
  5. #2,683Alva27
  6. #2,683Arlena27
  7. #2,683Avery27
  8. #2,757Amira26
  9. #2,757Antonina26
  10. #2,757Araseli26

Tied with 73 names at #2,683; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,440Nakia#6,666 → #226
  2. ↑ 5,329Nikia#6,080 → #751
  3. ↑ 1,994Luciana#2,914 → #920
  4. ↑ 1,556Cortney#2,349 → #793
  5. ↑ 1,213Nia#1,885 → #672
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,251Contina#962 → #2,213
  2. ↓ 396Pam#990 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 376Tracee#536 → #912
  4. ↓ 364Cher#760 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 314Richard#904 → #1,218

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

boys

1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 360 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 98.9% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #63Troy4,563
  2. #64Juan4,428
  3. #65Frank4,365
  4. #66Jeffery4,363
  5. #67Jesse4,105
  6. #68Jamie4,086
  7. #69Terry4,027
Biggest movers since 1973
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,544Rashad#4,505 → #961
  2. ↑ 844Telly#1,312 → #468
  3. ↑ 398Jabari#1,312 → #914
  4. ↑ 356Ahmad#1,123 → #767
  5. ↑ 356Toma#1,238 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Parrish#987 → #1,370
  2. ↓ 378Fredric#957 → #1,335
  3. ↓ 346Jory#753 → #1,099
  4. ↓ 301Vidal#834 → #1,135
  5. ↓ 277Pat#847 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1974 →