Jeff — #2907 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeff

The Social Security Administration has registered 120,212 babies named Jeff between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeff currently holds the #2907 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 9,462 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeff performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 62,077 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jeff shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,478 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeff in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeff in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 120,212 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.