Jeffery
Jeffery was given to 110 boys in 2025, #1,556 among boys’ names; 231,818 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 191,000 Americans named Jeffery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 45 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeffery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeffery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeffery is “a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Jeffrey.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeffery?
#1,556 among boys’ names, 2025
Jeffery fell from #777 in 2015 to #1,556 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.16 to 0.06 per 1,000.
9,331 babies in 1962, the peak
Jeffery peaked in 1962, when 9,331 babies were given it (9,282 boys, #45 among boys’ names). The 110 births of 2025 are 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,556 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 151 | #1,299 | 0.09 |
| 2023 | 153 | #1,263 | 0.09 |
| 2022 | 173 | #1,183 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 184 | #1,114 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 215 | #994 | 0.12 |
| 2019 | 244 | #902 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 259 | #852 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 312 | #755 | 0.17 |
| 2016 | 314 | #770 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 305 | #777 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 388 | #662 | 0.20 |
| 2013 | 397 | #622 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 373 | #643 | 0.20 |
| 2011 | 409 | #601 | 0.22 |
| 2010 | 447 | #568 | 0.23 |
| 2009 | 479 | #553 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 533 | #511 | 0.26 |
| 2007 | 556 | #482 | 0.27 |
| 2006 | 643 | #431 | 0.31 |
| 2005 | 607 | #436 | 0.30 |
| 2004 | 623 | #417 | 0.31 |
| 2003 | 697 | #374 | 0.35 |
| 2002 | 734 | #361 | 0.38 |
| 2001 | 778 | #350 | 0.40 |
| 2000 | 837 | #333 | 0.43 |
| 1999 | 924 | #309 | 0.48 |
| 1998 | 965 | #293 | 0.50 |
| 1997 | 1,080 | #262 | 0.57 |
| 1996 | 1,119 | #255 | 0.59 |
| 1995 | 1,273 | #234 | 0.67 |
| 1994 | 1,416 | #203 | 0.73 |
| 1993 | 1,626 | #192 | 0.83 |
| 1992 | 1,822 | #176 | 0.91 |
| 1991 | 2,121 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1990 | 2,321 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | 2,478 | #129 | 1.2 |
| 1988 | 2,584 | #120 | 1.3 |
| 1987 | 2,645 | #109 | 1.4 |
| 1986 | 2,769 | #102 | 1.5 |
| 1985 | 2,947 | #96 | 1.6 |
| 1984 | 3,025 | #94 | 1.7 |
| 1983 | 3,154 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 1982 | 3,311 | #92 | 1.8 |
| 1981 | 3,334 | #93 | 1.9 |
| 1980 | 3,324 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 1979 | 3,357 | #87 | 2.0 |
| 1978 | 3,543 | #80 | 2.2 |
| 1977 | 3,564 | #78 | 2.2 |
| 1976 | 3,564 | #76 | 2.3 |
| 1975 | 3,903 | #70 | 2.5 |
| 1974 | 4,363 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1973 | 4,407 | #64 | 2.8 |
| 1972 | 5,063 | #58 | 3.1 |
| 1971 | 6,100 | #53 | 3.4 |
| 1970 | 6,701 | #50 | 3.6 |
| 1969 | 6,738 | #48 | 3.8 |
| 1968 | 7,223 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1967 | 7,226 | #47 | 4.1 |
| 1966 | 7,904 | #42 | 4.4 |
| 1965 | 7,734 | #47 | 4.2 |
| 1964 | 8,360 | #45 | 4.2 |
| 1963 | 8,486 | #46 | 4.2 |
| 1962 | 9,282 | #45 | 4.5 |
| 1961 | 8,923 | #50 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 7,658 | #55 | 3.6 |
| 1959 | 7,487 | #55 | 3.5 |
| 1958 | 6,842 | #59 | 3.2 |
| 1957 | 7,508 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1956 | 6,569 | #57 | 3.1 |
| 1955 | 5,466 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1954 | 3,935 | #90 | 1.9 |
| 1953 | 3,042 | #109 | 1.5 |
| 1952 | 2,183 | #134 | 1.1 |
| 1951 | 1,631 | #161 | 0.87 |
| 1950 | 1,216 | #183 | 0.68 |
| 1949 | 1,049 | #196 | 0.59 |
| 1948 | 795 | #229 | 0.45 |
| 1947 | 744 | #236 | 0.41 |
| 1946 | 552 | #273 | 0.34 |
| 1945 | 352 | #316 | 0.26 |
| 1944 | 336 | #330 | 0.25 |
| 1943 | 313 | #349 | 0.22 |
| 1942 | 281 | #361 | 0.20 |
| 1941 | 204 | #412 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 128 | #512 | 0.11 |
| 1939 | 53 | #838 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,017 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,471 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,129 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,379 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 27 | #1,294 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,887 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 29 | #1,354 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,644 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,495 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,391 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,591 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,377 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,553 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,904 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,430 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,866 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,202 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,111 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,864 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,809 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,121 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,579 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,409 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,368 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,121 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,167 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Jeffery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Jeffery has been given almost only to boys: 1,269 girls in 118 years of records.
Girls and boys named Jeffery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeffery, and how old are they?
191,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 231,818 Americans ever recorded as Jeffery. The median Jeffery alive today is 57 years old; half are between 45 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 152,231 people named Jeffery (282 women and girls, 151,949 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 201,439 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 672 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 66,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 74,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 36,100 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,180 |
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 Jeffery born?
The states with the most babies named Jeffery are California, Ohio and Michigan, with 20% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 17,433 | #1,391 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 15,641 | #895 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 13,498 | #1,042 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 13,157 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 12,949 | #1,822 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 10,065 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 9,413 | #1,034 | 1.6× |
| Tennessee | 8,854 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Alabama | 8,156 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| New York | 7,984 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Jeffery is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jeffery is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Jeffery 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 1,236,772 babies since 1880, Jeffery is the second most given (19% of them). In 2025 it was given to 110 of their 675 babies (16%), again the second most given.
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 Jeffery
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 Jeffery and names like it
- Compare Jeffery and JeffreyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJeffery peaked in 1962.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jeffery since 1910.
- The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Jeffery.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Jeffery alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with JMost given first.