Jeffery — #1300 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jeffery

The Social Security Administration has registered 230,434 babies named Jeffery between 1894 and 2024, spanning 131 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jeffery currently holds the #1300 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 9,281 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeffery performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 79,529 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Jeffery shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,410 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeffery in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeffery 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 230,434 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.