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Jeffery: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 110 in 2025. Its best rank was #42 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #42 in 1966; #1,556 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jeffery in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,556 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #42.
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Jeffery: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 110 boys in 2025. Peak: #42 in 1966 · most boys in one year: 9,282 (1962).
In 2025, 110 US boys were named Jeffery, making it the 1,556th most common boys’ name of the year, down 257 places from #1,299 in 2024. That is 41 fewer than the 151 boys named Jeffery in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #42, reached in 1966. The most boys given the name in a single year was 9,282, in 1962. For comparison, it was #777 in 2015 and #183 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jeffery in 118 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1894 with 5 babies. In all, 231,818 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 79,985 babies named Jeffery.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,115 US boys were named Jeffery; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 314. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,528 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jeffery ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #895 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jeffrey (983,099 babies since 1880), Jeffry (15,410 babies since 1880) and Jefferey (3,973 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jeffory, Jefferie and Jefery are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jeff.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Jeffory (1,166), Jefferie (108), Jefery (52), Jeffary (35), Jefferi (6), Jefforey (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 9 | #895 | #754 |
| Missouri | 5 | #923 | #543 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,034 | #508 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,042 | #467 |
| Florida | 9 | #1,297 | #687 |
| California | 13 | #1,391 | #944 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,822 | #845 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 110 | #1,556 |
| 2024 | — | — | 151 | #1,299 |
| 2023 | — | — | 153 | #1,263 |
| 2022 | — | — | 173 | #1,183 |
| 2021 | — | — | 184 | #1,114 |
| 2020 | — | — | 215 | #994 |
| 2019 | — | — | 244 | #902 |
| 2018 | — | — | 259 | #852 |
| 2017 | — | — | 312 | #755 |
| 2016 | — | — | 314 | #770 |
| 2015 | — | — | 305 | #777 |
| 2014 | — | — | 388 | #662 |
| 2013 | — | — | 397 | #622 |
| 2012 | — | — | 373 | #643 |
| 2011 | — | — | 409 | #601 |
| 2010 | — | — | 447 | #568 |
| 2009 | — | — | 479 | #553 |
| 2008 | — | — | 533 | #511 |
| 2007 | — | — | 556 | #482 |
| 2006 | — | — | 643 | #431 |
| 2005 | — | — | 607 | #436 |
| 2004 | — | — | 623 | #417 |
| 2003 | — | — | 697 | #374 |
| 2002 | — | — | 734 | #361 |
| 2001 | — | — | 778 | #350 |
| 2000 | — | — | 837 | #333 |
| 1999 | — | — | 924 | #309 |
| 1998 | — | — | 965 | #293 |
| 1997 | — | — | 1,080 | #262 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,119 | #255 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,361 | 1,273 | #234 |
| 1994 | — | — | 1,416 | #203 |
| 1993 | — | — | 1,626 | #192 |
| 1992 | — | — | 1,822 | #176 |
| 1991 | — | — | 2,121 | #151 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,620 | 2,321 | #136 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,150 | 2,478 | #129 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,374 | 2,584 | #120 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,460 | 2,645 | #109 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,394 | 2,769 | #102 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,824 | 2,947 | #96 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,575 | 3,025 | #94 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,606 | 3,154 | #91 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,823 | 3,311 | #92 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,660 | 3,334 | #93 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,090 | 3,324 | #90 |
| 1979 | 29 | #2,956 | 3,357 | #87 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,706 | 3,543 | #80 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,527 | 3,564 | #78 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,217 | 3,564 | #76 |
| 1975 | 28 | #2,703 | 3,903 | #70 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,708 | 4,363 | #66 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,471 | 4,407 | #64 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,368 | 5,063 | #58 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,393 | 6,100 | #53 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,028 | 6,701 | #50 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,850 | 6,738 | #48 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,734 | 7,223 | #46 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,627 | 7,226 | #47 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,808 | 7,904 | #42 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,928 | 7,734 | #47 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,819 | 8,360 | #45 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,574 | 8,486 | #46 |
| 1962 | 49 | #1,614 | 9,282 | #45 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,681 | 8,923 | #50 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,662 | 7,658 | #55 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,965 | 7,487 | #55 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,958 | 6,842 | #59 |
| 1957 | 36 | #1,822 | 7,508 | #52 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,021 | 6,569 | #57 |
| 1955 | 15 | #3,028 | 5,466 | #73 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,823 | 3,935 | #90 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,569 | 3,042 | #109 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,540 | 2,183 | #134 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,374 | 1,631 | #161 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,499 | 1,216 | #183 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,917 | 1,049 | #196 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,027 | 795 | #229 |
| 1947 | — | — | 744 | #236 |
| 1946 | 7 | #4,182 | 552 | #273 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,664 | 352 | #316 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,520 | 336 | #330 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,416 | 313 | #349 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,942 | 281 | #361 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,753 | 204 | #412 |
| 1940 | — | — | 128 | #512 |
| 1939 | — | — | 53 | #838 |
| 1938 | — | — | 40 | #1,017 |
| 1937 | — | — | 22 | #1,471 |
| 1936 | — | — | 34 | #1,129 |
| 1935 | — | — | 25 | #1,379 |
| 1934 | — | — | 27 | #1,304 |
| 1933 | — | — | 27 | #1,294 |
| 1932 | — | — | 22 | #1,531 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,887 |
| 1930 | — | — | 29 | #1,354 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,529 | 21 | #1,644 |
| 1928 | — | — | 25 | #1,495 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,185 | 29 | #1,391 |
| 1926 | — | — | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1925 | — | — | 29 | #1,377 |
| 1924 | — | — | 25 | #1,553 |
| 1923 | — | — | 18 | #1,905 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,612 |
| 1921 | — | — | 13 | #2,431 |
| 1920 | — | — | 10 | #2,867 |
| 1919 | — | — | 14 | #2,203 |
| 1918 | — | — | 15 | #2,112 |
| 1917 | — | — | 17 | #1,865 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,810 |
| 1915 | — | — | 13 | #2,122 |
| 1914 | — | — | 16 | #1,580 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,410 |
| 1912 | — | — | 15 | #1,245 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,369 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,121 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,449 |
| 1894 | — | — | 5 | #1,168 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).