Jefferey
Jefferey was last recorded in 2019, when 8 babies were given it; 3,973 Americans have been recorded with it between 1943 and 2019 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,390 Americans named Jefferey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 41 and 61.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jefferey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jefferey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jefferey is “a male given name, variant of Jeffrey.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jefferey?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #9,243, in 2019; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
141 babies in 1969, the peak
Jefferey peaked in 1969, when 141 boys were given it, #665 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #9,243 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,379 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 5 | #13,095 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 8 | #9,153 | 4.2 |
| 2013 | 6 | #11,369 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,799 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,776 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,861 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,964 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,415 | 5.4 |
Every recorded year (73)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | #7,317 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,255 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,405 | 7.5 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,726 | 5.5 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,453 | 5.6 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,590 | 8.8 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,248 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,689 | 11.2 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,632 | 10.9 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,232 | 12.6 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,516 | 17.0 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,559 | 15.8 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,797 | 13.7 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,785 | 25.4 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,179 | 18.4 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,705 | 25.0 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,507 | 28.7 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,593 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,573 | 25.5 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,178 | 38.1 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,154 | 37.0 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,093 | 39.6 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,100 | 39.0 |
| 1984 | 87 | #946 | 48.2 |
| 1983 | 80 | #988 | 44.6 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,011 | 44.6 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,048 | 42.4 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,072 | 39.8 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,144 | 36.0 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,007 | 45.1 |
| 1977 | 76 | #985 | 46.3 |
| 1976 | 72 | #984 | 45.9 |
| 1975 | 81 | #913 | 51.9 |
| 1974 | 91 | #845 | 57.9 |
| 1973 | 94 | #820 | 60.3 |
| 1972 | 123 | #721 | 75.9 |
| 1971 | 122 | #741 | 69.0 |
| 1970 | 130 | #722 | 70.0 |
| 1969 | 141 | #665 | 78.9 |
| 1968 | 100 | #745 | 57.5 |
| 1967 | 119 | #684 | 68.2 |
| 1966 | 108 | #715 | 60.6 |
| 1965 | 116 | #693 | 62.4 |
| 1964 | 111 | #732 | 55.7 |
| 1963 | 116 | #726 | 57.1 |
| 1962 | 121 | #700 | 58.5 |
| 1961 | 107 | #745 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 79 | #857 | 37.0 |
| 1959 | 76 | #881 | 35.6 |
| 1958 | 88 | #797 | 41.5 |
| 1957 | 75 | #874 | 34.8 |
| 1956 | 65 | #928 | 30.7 |
| 1955 | 67 | #912 | 32.5 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,030 | 26.0 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,201 | 19.8 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,230 | 18.5 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,503 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,846 | 9.5 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,904 | 9.0 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,784 | 10.3 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,952 | 8.7 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,085 | 8.0 |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,843 | 5.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jefferey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jefferey has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 73 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Jefferey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jefferey, and how old are they?
3,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 3,973 Americans ever recorded as Jefferey. The median Jefferey alive today is 53 years old; half are between 41 and 61.
The 2020 Census counted 3,437 people named Jefferey (5 women and girls, 3,432 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,553 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 3 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 816 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,390 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 911 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 246 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 33 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jefferey born?
The states with the most babies named Jefferey are California, Texas and New York, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 539 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Texas | 143 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 138 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 138 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 121 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 103 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 57 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Florida | 41 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Wisconsin | 38 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Jefferey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jefferey is most over-represented in California: since 1943 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jefferey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,236,733 babies since 1880, Jefferey is the fourth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 none of their 669 babies recorded by SSA was a Jefferey (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jefferey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jefferey and names like it
- Compare Jefferey and JeffreyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJefferey peaked in 1969.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jefferey since 1910.
- The top names of 1969The year the most babies were named Jefferey.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Jefferey alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.