Jeffrey Boy
How popular is Jeffrey?
#552 boy name in 2025
544 baby boys were named Jeffrey in the US in 2025, making it the 552nd most popular boy name.
Jeffrey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #552 for boys (▼ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 544 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #290 in 2015, #386 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1962 (33,537 boys) |
| Highest rank | #9 in 1966 |
| First recorded | 1885 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jeffrey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jeffrey family of names ranked #521 for boys in 2025 (#490 the year before), with 565 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey | 544 | 96% |
| Jeffry | 15 | 3% |
| Jefry | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jeffrey is most popular
Babies named Jeffrey per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 0.9 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Delaware: 0.7 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Maryland: 0.7 per 1,000 (83 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (68 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.6 per 1,000 (123 boys)
Jeffrey by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #935 |
| 1910s | 147 | #1,313 |
| 1920s | 263 | #1,188 |
| 1930s | 903 | #284 |
| 1940s | 34,340 | #48 |
| 1950s | 184,668 | #16 |
| 1960s | 302,029 | #9 |
| 1970s | 202,850 | #11 |
| 1980s | 144,789 | #27 |
| 1990s | 66,987 | #43 |
| 2000s | 25,918 | #104 |
| 2010s | 12,746 | #221 |
| 2020s | 3,956 | #386 |
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Questions
- Is Jeffrey a boy or girl name?
- Jeffrey is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jeffrey were boys.
- How popular is the name Jeffrey?
- 544 baby boys were named Jeffrey in the US in 2025, making it the 552nd most popular boy name.
- When was Jeffrey most popular?
- Jeffrey peaked in 1962, when 33,537 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #9 in 1966.
- How many people are named Jeffrey?
- 983,099 babies have been named Jeffrey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 829,124 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Jeffrey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jeffrey was most common in Rhode Island, at 0.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.