Jeff

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form of the English given names Jefferson or Jeffrey, the latter of which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey.

From Wikipedia

Jeff first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 90 babies (rank #276 that year). In 2024 it was given to 6 boys (rank #3,021). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jeff

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Jeff yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,116
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
90
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199175#334
199275#341
199384#314
199490#276
199578#334
199674#352
199777#327
199852#419
199949#417
200027#653
200137#538
200234#579
200336#583
200434#615
200531#676
200629#721
200718#1,080
200821#995
200923#958
201021#1,024
201119#1,110
20129#1,886
201325#911
201416#1,232
20158#2,043
201612#1,546
201710#1,842
201813#1,467
20196#2,749
20206#2,748
20216#2,801
20228#2,231
20237#2,571
20246#3,021