How rare is the name Jeffery?

152,231 people in the United States have the first name Jeffery, about 1 in 1,984. It ranks #366 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JEFFERY

#366

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
152,231
About
1 in 1,984
This common or more
52.6%
Who bears it

Of the 152,231 people named Jeffery, 79.4% reported their origin as White, 12.8% as Black and 3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jeffery peaked in 1962, when 9,331 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18942025
Peak year
1962
Births that year
9,331
In 2025*
110 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 231,818 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jeffery by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #100. The largest share of babies named Jeffery, 39.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,9395
1900s#3,98713
1910s#3,533129
1920s#3,191229
1930s#2,489295
1940s#6124,820
1950s#18346,087
1960s#10079,985
1970s#13844,857
1980s#20629,792
1990s#41114,685
2000s#8826,487
2010s#1,4973,448
2020s#2,552986
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–6439.8%
Generation X 1965–8036.8%
Millennials 1981–9616.5%
Generation Z 1997–124.6%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jeffery is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jeffery has been most common in Alabama (1.9×), Indiana (1.8×), and Tennessee (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.27×).

228,192 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jeffery

#364 Sylvia · 152,900#365 Eduardo · 152,636#367 Wyatt · 152,059#368 Fernando · 151,654

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jeffery, most common first.

#46 Jeffrey · 735,428#2,176 Jeffry · 12,164#5,105 Jefferey · 3,437#11,351 Jefrey · 1,134#13,586 Jeffory · 885#14,212 Jefry · 832#23,187 Jeffre · 424#35,546 Jefery · 226

Also a last name

As a last name, Jeffery ranks #3,672 of 156,621, with 9,422 people. See Jeffery as a last name

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