How Many People Are Named Jeffery?
people named Jeffery are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,768 people in the US has this name
Based on 231,818 babies named Jeffery in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,331 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of JEFFREY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jeffery in English. Counting Jeffery and these spellings together, about 1,071,974 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jeffery, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeffery alive today is about 53 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeffery first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1962, to 9,331 babies. In 2025, 110 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeffery never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #42, in 1966, and it was in the top 100 for 32 years, 1954 to 1985. In 2025 it ranked #1,556.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,556 |
| Best rank | #42 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | 32 (1954 to 1985) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #46 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeffery alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeffery were born in California than in any other state: about 14,466 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeffery was given 2 times as often in Alabama, 1.9 times in Tennessee and 1.8 times in Kentucky.
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