Jeffrey
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jeffrey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jeffrey
The earliest SSA record of Jeffrey as a baby boy name dates back to 1885, when 5 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 33,536 newborns named Jeffrey — #10 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Jeffrey on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jeffrey ranks #550 for baby boys with 539 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 980K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jeffrey
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jeffrey. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jeffrey
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About the name Jeffrey
Jeffrey is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1885 and has accumulated 980K births in the dataset. Jeffrey's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #9. Use the chart and map above to compare Jeffrey'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.