Jeffie
Jeffie was last recorded in 1986, when 6 babies were given it; 1,689 Americans have been recorded with it between 1881 and 1986 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jeffie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jeffie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jeffie is “a female given name.”
From Jeff, Jeffrey or other similar names, + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jeffie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #9,870, in 1976; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
50 babies in 1918, the peak
Jeffie peaked in 1918, when 50 babies were given it (30 girls, #1,428 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | under 5 | 6 | #6,271 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 6 | #5,815 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 6 | #5,379 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 8 | #4,357 | |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,870 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,507 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 6 | #3,905 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 9 | #2,860 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 12 | #2,384 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 6 | #3,704 |
Every recorded year (90)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | under 5 | 5 | #4,310 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 8 | #3,174 | |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,518 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 6 | #3,824 | |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,752 | 13 | #2,367 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 5 | #4,265 | |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,672 | 16 | #2,062 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,357 | 8 | #3,134 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,784 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,923 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,944 | 12 | #2,369 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 6 | #3,606 | |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,665 | 10 | #2,602 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,096 | 6 | #3,538 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,108 | 8 | #2,889 |
| 1949 | 8 | #4,039 | 11 | #2,399 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,228 | 8 | #2,890 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,137 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,795 | 7 | #3,031 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,386 | 12 | #2,056 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,519 | 6 | #3,278 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,936 | 12 | #2,223 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,895 | 11 | #2,321 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,773 | 12 | #2,137 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,564 | 9 | #2,572 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,073 | 10 | #2,352 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,303 | 6 | #3,344 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,832 | 15 | #1,871 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,200 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,289 | 11 | #2,324 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,356 | 13 | #2,076 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,324 | 12 | #2,152 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,300 | 17 | #1,808 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,611 | 14 | #2,048 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,061 | 9 | #2,884 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,028 | 12 | #2,390 |
| 1928 | 27 | #1,562 | 12 | #2,455 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,790 | 13 | #2,352 |
| 1926 | 29 | #1,519 | 16 | #2,026 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,666 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,954 | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,916 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,661 | 13 | #2,409 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,701 | 14 | #2,311 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,850 | 17 | #2,001 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,623 | 20 | #1,727 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,428 | 20 | #1,742 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,679 | 18 | #1,779 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,313 | 9 | #2,821 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,761 | 16 | #1,833 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,248 | 9 | #2,357 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,956 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,270 | 6 | #2,416 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,205 | 5 | #1,872 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,091 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,670 | 5 | #1,573 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,391 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,059 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,069 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,075 | 5 | #1,326 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,417 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,501 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 14 | #899 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,647 | 6 | #1,237 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,229 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,069 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,657 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,259 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 11 | #974 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 6 | #966 | |
| 1892 | 12 | #877 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 9 | #973 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 8 | #986 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,375 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,221 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,032 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,117 | under 5 | |
| 1883 | 6 | #863 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 7 | #771 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 5 | #878 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jeffie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,689 Americans recorded as Jeffie, 60% are girls and 40% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jeffie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jeffie, and how old are they?
An estimated 370 Americans named Jeffie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (22% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 66 and 83. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 472 people named Jeffie (270 women and girls, 202 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 492 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jeffie
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 Jeffie and names like it
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