Boys' name · peaked in 1962
Jeffery name popularity since 1925
231,582 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jeffery. Half of them were born in 1967 or earlier, so the typical Jeffery is about 59 years old in 2026. Jeffery peaked in 1962 as the #45 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 231,582
- Named Jeffery, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,556 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% boys
- 1,269 girls · 230,313 boys
- Most popular in
- Alabama
- 2.00× its national share
Peak year is the year Jeffery made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jeffery births per year, 1925–2025
1962 was the biggest year for Jeffery both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Jeffery became 3.9× more common, from 1 in 1,470 baby boys to 1 in 377.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby boys fell by 48%, from 1 in 8,030 to 1 in 15,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jeffery's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jeffery.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jeffery in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 13 | 127 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 295 | #1,379 |
| 1940s | 66 | 4,754 | #316 |
| 1950s | 208 | 45,879 | #73 |
| 1960s | 451 | 79,534 | #47 |
| 1970s | 292 | 44,565 | #70 |
| 1980s | 221 | 29,571 | #96 |
| 1990s | 18 | 14,667 | #234 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6,487 | #436 |
| 2010s | 0 | 3,448 | #777 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 986 | #1,556 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
39.8% of babies named Jeffery from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jeffery is most popular
The index compares Jeffery's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jeffery.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2.00× | 8,156 |
| Indiana | 1.84× | 10,065 |
| Tennessee | 1.82× | 8,854 |
| Kentucky | 1.76× | 6,788 |
| Arkansas | 1.54× | 3,648 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jeffery and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jeffery (this page) | 230,313 | 1962 |
| Jeffrey | 979,320 | 1966 |
| Jefferey | 3,973 | 1969 |
| Jeffory | 1,166 | 1967 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jeffery's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jeffery.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jeffery (1962).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data