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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #88 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 392 boysAKMaine: #120 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 779 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #122 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 914 boysNHWashington: #74 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 354 boysWAIdaho: #88 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 416 boysIDMontana: #73 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 325 boysMTNorth Dakota: #165 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,069 boysNDMinnesota: #85 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 514 boysMNIllinois: #78 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 450 boysILWisconsin: #75 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 434 boysWIMichigan: #58 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 285 boysMINew York: #139 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 848 boysNYMassachusetts: #139 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,223 boysMARhode Island: #123 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 877 boysRIOregon: #68 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 287 boysORNevada: #78 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 379 boysNVWyoming: #99 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 433 boysWYSouth Dakota: #93 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 505 boysSDIowa: #86 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 491 boysIAIndiana: #64 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 304 boysINOhio: #71 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 395 boysOHPennsylvania: #113 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 789 boysPANew Jersey: #178 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,263 boysNJConnecticut: #131 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 941 boysCTCalifornia: #132 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 631 boysCAUtah: #57 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 228 boysUTColorado: #92 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 490 boysCONebraska: #69 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 357 boysNEMissouri: #77 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 409 boysMOKentucky: #53 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 237 boysKYWest Virginia: #84 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 460 boysWVVirginia: #90 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 525 boysVAMaryland: #125 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 746 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jeffery, so not publishedDEArizona: #123 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 600 boysAZNew Mexico: #125 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 557 boysNMKansas: #72 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 347 boysKSArkansas: #54 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 211 boysARTennessee: #57 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 246 boysTNNorth Carolina: #78 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 401 boysNCSouth Carolina: #91 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 450 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #210 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,128 boysDCOklahoma: #63 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 268 boysOKLouisiana: #91 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 423 boysLAMississippi: #43 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 198 boysMSAlabama: #50 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 221 boysALGeorgia: #54 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 244 boysGAHawaii: #146 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 634 boysHITexas: #88 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 391 boysTXFlorida: #85 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 459 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#43 · 1 in 198
  2. Alabama#50 · 1 in 221
  3. Kentucky#53 · 1 in 237
  4. Arkansas#54 · 1 in 211
  5. Georgia#54 · 1 in 244

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#43971 in 198
Alabama#501211 in 221
Kentucky#531191 in 237
Arkansas#54731 in 211
Georgia#541551 in 244
Tennessee#571301 in 246
Utah#57771 in 228
Michigan#582261 in 285
Oklahoma#63741 in 268
Indiana#641331 in 304
Oregon#68611 in 287
Nebraska#69321 in 357
Ohio#711961 in 395
Kansas#72451 in 347
Montana#73171 in 325
Washington#74731 in 354
Wisconsin#75741 in 434
Missouri#77861 in 409
Illinois#781811 in 450
Nevada#78101 in 379
North Carolina#78961 in 401
West Virginia#84311 in 460
Florida#851091 in 459
Minnesota#85561 in 514
Iowa#86431 in 491
Alaska#8881 in 392
Idaho#88191 in 416
Texas#882871 in 391
Virginia#90621 in 525
Louisiana#91781 in 423
South Carolina#91461 in 450
Colorado#92401 in 490
South Dakota#93101 in 505
Wyoming#9971 in 433
Pennsylvania#113941 in 789
Maine#12091 in 779
New Hampshire#12261 in 914
Arizona#123311 in 600
Rhode Island#12361 in 877
Maryland#125291 in 746
New Mexico#125171 in 557
Connecticut#131171 in 941
California#1322621 in 631
Massachusetts#139271 in 1,223
New York#1391341 in 848
Hawaii#146101 in 634
North Dakota#16551 in 1,069
New Jersey#178331 in 1,263
District of Columbia#21071 in 1,128
Delaware———
Vermont———

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 1977

girls
#3,486
21 births · 1 in 73,007 girls
boys
#78
3,564 births · 1 in 461 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #3,486Jeffery21

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #78Jeffery3,564
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 73,007 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 69.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #3,366Yana22
  2. #3,366Yashika22
  3. #3,366Zaneta22
  4. #3,486Jeffery21
  5. #3,486Akeisha21
  6. #3,486Alita21
  7. #3,486Audria21
  8. #3,612Adena20
  9. #3,612Allena20
  10. #3,612Ameerah20

Tied with 125 names at #3,486; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 461 of them was named Jeffery, which outranked 98.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jeffery
  1. #75Jerry3,745
  2. #76Jared3,738
  3. #77Antonio3,662
  4. #78Jeffery3,564
  5. #79Kyle3,505
  6. #80Derrick3,481
  7. #81Dustin3,477
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →