Boys' name · since 1914
Joffre
Joffre has 193 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 193
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Joffre is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 193 have been recorded since 1914.
Joffre has 193 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2005.
- #13,190 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 193 born since 1914
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joffre ranks #13,190 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 193 born since 1914, peaking in the 1910s.
- #13,190 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 193
- born since 1914
- 1910s
- peak decade
Joffre's 193 recorded births place it above 70.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
Joffre's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Joffre splits its recorded history at 1959: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Joffre popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2005
- Peak year (1917)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 92 years of records
Joffre by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (115 births, 60% of the file).
1910s was Joffre's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Joffre births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
115 births
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 115 births (60% of all-time use).
Joffre by state
Where Joffre concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 3.1% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.6% |
6 of 193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Joffre's decade-level peak was the 1910s (115 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.
- Massachusetts records the most Joffres (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Joffre: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~91 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1914–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Joffre 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 August 2026.