How Many People Are Named Jefferson?
people named Jefferson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,690 people in the US has this name
Based on 24,440 babies named Jefferson in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
444 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "son of JEFFREY". It is usually given in honour of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the third president of the United States and the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jefferson in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Jefferson alive today is about 32 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 51 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Jefferson first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2009, to 444 babies. In 2025, 298 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Jefferson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #253, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #831.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #831 |
| Best rank | #253 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #662 in the 2010s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Jefferson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jefferson were born in California than in any other state: about 1,993 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jefferson was given 2.6 times as often in South Carolina, 2.5 times in Georgia and 2.4 times in Virginia.
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