Meaning not yet researched.
Jeffrey: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 544 in 2025. Its best rank was #9 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #9 in 1966; #552 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jeffrey in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#552 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #9.
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Jeffrey: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 544 boys in 2025. Peak: #9 in 1966 · most boys in one year: 33,537 (1962).
In 2025, 544 US boys were named Jeffrey, making it the 552nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 32 places from #520 in 2024. That is 44 fewer than the 588 boys named Jeffrey in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #9, reached in 1966. The most boys given the name in a single year was 33,537, in 1962. For comparison, it was #290 in 2015 and #43 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jeffrey in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 983,099 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 302,954 babies named Jeffrey.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 8,082 US boys were named Jeffrey; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,173. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,140 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jeffrey ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #350 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jeffery (231,818 babies since 1880), Jeff (120,502 babies since 1880), Geoffrey (54,534 babies since 1880) and Jeffry (15,410 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jeffrie, Jefrey and Jefry are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Geoff and Jeff.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jeffrie (1,020), Jefrey (767), Jefry (283), Jeoffrey (244), Geffrey (221), Jef (129), Gottfried (115), Jeffree (105), Jeffri (50).
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 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 24 | #350 | #188 |
| Missouri | 18 | #356 | #329 |
| Ohio | 30 | #368 | #273 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #386 | #209 |
| Massachusetts | 13 | #392 | #219 |
| Alabama | 13 | #410 | #290 |
| Michigan | 21 | #414 | #357 |
| Iowa | 8 | #420 | #367 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #423 | #262 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #426 | #265 |
| Maryland | 11 | #451 | #206 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #463 | #289 |
| Georgia | 23 | #473 | #241 |
| New York | 35 | #474 | #190 |
| Illinois | 20 | #504 | #299 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #514 | #182 |
| Florida | 34 | #520 | #262 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #524 | #372 |
| Colorado | 9 | #593 | #496 |
| Indiana | 11 | #600 | #313 |
| Virginia | 12 | #605 | #240 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #615 | #223 |
| Washington | 11 | #618 | #327 |
| California | 47 | #620 | #288 |
| Kansas | 5 | #637 | #328 |
| Arizona | 9 | #696 | #426 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #715 | #420 |
| Texas | 38 | #724 | #403 |
| Minnesota | 6 | #748 | #302 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 544 | #552 |
| 2024 | — | — | 588 | #520 |
| 2023 | — | — | 622 | #485 |
| 2022 | — | — | 681 | #452 |
| 2021 | — | — | 727 | #427 |
| 2020 | — | — | 794 | #386 |
| 2019 | — | — | 881 | #364 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,016 | #329 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,056 | #324 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,173 | #301 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,261 | #290 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,380 | #266 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,406 | #256 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,032 | 1,508 | #240 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,440 | #246 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,625 | #221 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,719 | #216 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,998 | #198 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,131 | #191 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,267 | #180 |
| 2005 | — | — | 2,425 | #171 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,937 | 2,723 | #149 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,862 | 2,885 | #140 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,561 | 3,000 | #132 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,289 | 3,207 | #119 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,353 | 3,563 | #104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,091 | 3,815 | #100 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,125 | 4,191 | #91 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,622 | 4,582 | #84 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,121 | 5,263 | #72 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,242 | 5,731 | #64 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,559 | 6,525 | #55 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,518 | 7,535 | #53 |
| 1992 | 34 | #3,296 | 8,471 | #51 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,762 | 9,894 | #45 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,867 | 10,980 | #43 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,782 | 12,013 | #37 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,666 | 12,401 | #36 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,595 | 13,477 | #32 |
| 1986 | 91 | #1,410 | 13,651 | #32 |
| 1985 | 104 | #1,293 | 14,500 | #29 |
| 1984 | 96 | #1,298 | 14,758 | #28 |
| 1983 | 114 | #1,162 | 15,649 | #28 |
| 1982 | 98 | #1,296 | 16,030 | #29 |
| 1981 | 91 | #1,366 | 15,931 | #29 |
| 1980 | 94 | #1,345 | 16,379 | #27 |
| 1979 | 91 | #1,356 | 16,865 | #24 |
| 1978 | 99 | #1,249 | 16,989 | #19 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,386 | 17,481 | #19 |
| 1976 | 81 | #1,336 | 17,013 | #17 |
| 1975 | 81 | #1,336 | 18,316 | #14 |
| 1974 | 96 | #1,171 | 19,320 | #15 |
| 1973 | 88 | #1,213 | 19,216 | #17 |
| 1972 | 99 | #1,121 | 21,677 | #17 |
| 1971 | 111 | #1,087 | 25,834 | #12 |
| 1970 | 141 | #917 | 30,139 | #11 |
| 1969 | 113 | #1,027 | 28,967 | #11 |
| 1968 | 112 | #986 | 28,369 | #11 |
| 1967 | 116 | #947 | 28,083 | #13 |
| 1966 | 86 | #1,146 | 30,200 | #9 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,312 | 29,574 | #10 |
| 1964 | 83 | #1,215 | 30,728 | #10 |
| 1963 | 100 | #1,084 | 31,701 | #10 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,251 | 33,537 | #10 |
| 1961 | 84 | #1,207 | 32,029 | #11 |
| 1960 | 84 | #1,191 | 28,841 | #14 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,391 | 26,281 | #16 |
| 1958 | 60 | #1,369 | 24,223 | #21 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,597 | 23,982 | #21 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,646 | 23,285 | #20 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,751 | 22,533 | #20 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,786 | 19,052 | #23 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,572 | 15,949 | #25 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,360 | 12,006 | #31 |
| 1951 | 13 | #3,010 | 9,713 | #35 |
| 1950 | 22 | #2,079 | 7,644 | #43 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,938 | 6,987 | #48 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,095 | 5,929 | #58 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,163 | 5,665 | #66 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,665 | 4,125 | #78 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,388 | 2,782 | #91 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,264 | 2,325 | #101 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,358 | 2,171 | #116 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,943 | 2,055 | #116 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,754 | 1,502 | #134 |
| 1940 | — | — | 799 | #183 |
| 1939 | — | — | 378 | #284 |
| 1938 | — | — | 156 | #465 |
| 1937 | — | — | 87 | #625 |
| 1936 | — | — | 69 | #722 |
| 1935 | — | — | 43 | #975 |
| 1934 | — | — | 47 | #925 |
| 1933 | — | — | 36 | #1,097 |
| 1932 | — | — | 37 | #1,118 |
| 1931 | — | — | 16 | #1,888 |
| 1930 | — | — | 34 | #1,225 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,759 |
| 1928 | — | — | 36 | #1,200 |
| 1927 | — | — | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1926 | — | — | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1925 | — | — | 26 | #1,476 |
| 1924 | — | — | 31 | #1,341 |
| 1923 | — | — | 27 | #1,447 |
| 1922 | — | — | 30 | #1,358 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,866 |
| 1920 | — | — | 22 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | — | — | 22 | #1,600 |
| 1918 | — | — | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1917 | — | — | 18 | #1,781 |
| 1916 | — | — | 21 | #1,571 |
| 1915 | — | — | 21 | #1,533 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,038 |
| 1913 | — | — | 13 | #1,540 |
| 1912 | — | — | 12 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | — | — | 6 | #1,635 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,370 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,018 |
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).