Boys' name · since 1958
Jeffy
Jeffy has 49 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 49
- total births
- 1958–2003
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
49 boys have been named Jeffy since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeffy has been recorded 49 times among boys since 1958, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2003.
- 49 total births
- 1958–2003 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 33% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeffy's 49 recorded births place it above 51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeffy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jeffy splits its recorded history at 1980: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jeffy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2003
- Peak year (1958)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jeffy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jeffy's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jeffy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jeffy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeffy: Baby Name Since 1958 - 49 Births, Peak 1958." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeffy. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jeffy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.