Joffre — boys' name

What the Data Says About Joffre

The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Joffre between 1914 and 2005, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Joffre currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joffre performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Joffre shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Joffre in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joffre 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 193 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.