Boys' name · since 2017
Jefe
Since 2017, U.S. Social Security records show 38 babies named Jefe, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 2017–2023
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
Jefe sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 38 recorded since 2017.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jefe has been recorded 38 times among boys since 2017, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2023.
- 38 total births
- 2017–2023 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jefe's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jefe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jefe's full recorded timeline at 2021, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jefe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2023
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Jefe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Jefe's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Jefe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 28 births (74% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jefe: Baby Name Since 2017 - 38 Births, Peak 2023." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jefe. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jefe draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.