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Jeffrey

Boys' name · Late 20th-century perennial

Living in the US
~835,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#552 among boys
Births in 2025
544 983,099 since 1880
Typical age
55 years, median

Jeffrey popularity over time

Jeffrey rank by birth year, 1885–2025Jeffrey ranked #936 in 1885 and #552 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #9, in 1966.#10#100#1,000#552best #9 in 196618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1885–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1962 is the peak year for Jeffrey, with 33,615 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1885. Jeffrey has spent 55 years inside the national top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #552 with 544 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 57%. It slipped 32 places against the previous year.

Babies named Jeffrey per yearPeaks at 33,615 births in 1962.33,615 in 1962018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jeffrey?

An estimated 835,700 living Americans are called Jeffrey. SSA has recorded 983,099 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jeffrey?

Median age among living Jeffreys: 55. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Jeffrey a late 20th-century perennial name.

Your Jeffrey

Ages of living people named JeffreyHalf of living Jeffreys are older than 55 and half younger.median 55020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jeffrey is most common

Delaware uses the name 3.0× as often as the country as a whole. Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania follow.

Where Jeffrey is used more than average5 states use the name Jeffrey more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.6× the national ratePANew Jersey: 1.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.6× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 2.0× the national rateMDDelaware: 3.0× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jeffrey is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 39 3.0×
Maryland 219 2.0×
New Jersey 289 1.6×
Pennsylvania 391 1.6×
Rhode Island 22 1.6×

Jeffrey in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Jeffrey ranked #1,705 in 2025 on 15 births. That is 25% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jeffrey comes from

Variant of Geoffrey.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jeffrey

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jeffrey Epstein American sex offender and financier 1953–2019 90
Jeffrey Dahmer American serial killer 1960–1994 70
Jeffrey Sachs American economist 1954 62
Jeffrey C. Hall American geneticist and chronobiologist 1945 53
Jeffrey Dean Morgan American actor 1966 49
Jeffrey Wright American actor 1965 49
Jeffrey Archer English author and former politician 1940 48
Jeffrey Eugenides novelist, short story writer, academic 1960 39
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 378 in 1939 to 799 in 1940 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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