How Many People Are Named Jeffrey?
people named Jeffrey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 416 people in the US has this name
Based on 983,099 babies named Jeffrey in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
33,615 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval variant of GEOFFREY. In America, Jeffrey has been more common than Geoffrey, though this is not true in Britain.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jeffrey in English. Counting Jeffrey and these spellings together, about 1,071,974 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jeffrey (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jeffrey alive today is about 52 years old, and 57% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 43 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jeffrey first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1962, to 33,615 babies. In 2025, 544 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jeffrey reached #9 among boys' names in 1966, and was in the top 10 for 5 years, 1962 to 1966. In 2025 it ranked #552.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #552 |
| Best rank | #9 (1966) |
| Years in the top 10 | 5 |
| Years in the top 100 | 55 (1945 to 1999) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jeffrey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jeffrey were born in California than in any other state: about 77,063 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jeffrey was given 1.6 times as often in Wisconsin, 1.5 times in Minnesota and 1.5 times in New Hampshire.
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