Jeffery
Jeffery is a given name or a surname. As a surname, it is a Cornish variant of the more commonly spelled given name Jeffrey.
Meaning & Origin of Jeffery
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeffery is a given name or a surname. As a surname, it is a Cornish variant of the more commonly spelled given name Jeffrey.
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The Story of Jeffery
Jeffery first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1894, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1962, when 9,281 Jefferys were born — ranking #45 that year. As of 2026, Jeffery ranks #1,414 for baby boys with 132 births, falling sharply (-38%). In total, more than 231K Jefferys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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About the name Jeffery
Jeffery is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1894 and has accumulated 231K births in the dataset. Jeffery's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #42. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeffery's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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