Jeffrey · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jeffrey.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1941

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 65 recorded years as a table

Jeffrey, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1941	6
1942	4
1943	6
1944	5
1945	11
1946	9
1947	12
1948	13
1949	15
1950	13
1951	7
1952	11
1953	21
1954	18
1955	18
1956	21
1957	22
1958	30
1959	30
1960	42
1961	42
1962	40
1963	52
1964	44
1965	39
1966	51
1967	70
1968	68
1969	67
1970	81
1971	67
1972	65
1973	60
1974	65
1975	56
1976	55
1977	53
1978	65
1979	57
1980	57
1981	55
1982	58
1983	68
1984	57
1985	60
1986	53
1987	45
1988	44
1989	22
1990	21
1991	15
1992	18
1993	9
1994	10
1995	7
1996	5
1997	6
1998	3
1999	6
2000	4
2001	3
2002	4
2003	3
2004	7
2012	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jeffrey isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012: 5
Rank in 2012: #16,869
How rare: 1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1941: 3,498

Jeffrey was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1970, at 81 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jeffrey doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.