Joffrey
Joffrey is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Joffrey
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Joffrey is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Joffrey
American parents first put Joffrey on the record books as a baby boy name in 1969, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 10 Joffreys were born — ranking #4,993 that year. About 57% of every Joffrey on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Joffrey last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 77 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Joffrey
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Joffrey. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Geoffrey
- Geoffroy
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About the name Joffrey
Joffrey is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 77 births in the dataset. Joffrey's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #4,993. Use the chart and map above to compare Joffrey'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.