How Many People Are Named Jeff?
people named Jeff are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,801 people in the US has this name
Based on 120,502 babies named Jeff in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
9,474 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of JEFFREY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jeff in English. Counting Jeff and these spellings together, about 91,210 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jeff (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeff alive today is about 60 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeff first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1961, to 9,474 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeff never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #44, in 1962, and it was in the top 100 for 12 years, 1957 to 1968. In 2025 it ranked #3,341.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,341 |
| Best rank | #44 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | 12 (1957 to 1968) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #54 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeff alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeff were born in California than in any other state: about 11,453 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeff was given 2.4 times as often in Utah, 2.1 times in Oregon and 2.1 times in Washington.
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