Jeffray
James Jeffray (1759–1848) was a Scottish academic. He was professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Glasgow from 1790 until 1848. This 58 years of professorship is one of the longest in Scottish history.
Meaning & Origin of Jeffray
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James Jeffray (1759–1848) was a Scottish academic. He was professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Glasgow from 1790 until 1848. This 58 years of professorship is one of the longest in Scottish history.
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The Story of Jeffray
Jeffray first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1957, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1957: 8 births, good for #3,024 nationwide. About 58% of every Jeffray on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Jeffray last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 55 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jeffray
Jeffray is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1957 and has accumulated 55 births in the dataset. Jeffray's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #3,024. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeffray'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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