Jeffrey

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Jeffrey is a common English given name, and a variant form of the name Geoffrey. It has been argued that the common derivation of Middle French Geoffrey, Jeffery from Godfrey is mistaken, and that the names reflect two separate first Germanic elements god vs.

From Wikipedia

Jeffrey first appears in the data in 1885 and has been recorded in 116 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1962 with 33,536 babies (rank #10 that year). In 2024 it was given to 587 boys (rank #520). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Jeffrey

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

982,547
Total babies (all years)
116
Years in the data
33,536
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18855#1,018
19107#1,370
19116#1,635
191212#1,477
191313#1,540
191411#2,038
191521#1,533
191621#1,571
191718#1,781
191816#2,035
191922#1,600
192022#1,666
192119#1,866
192230#1,358
192327#1,447
192431#1,341
192526#1,476
192627#1,418
192726#1,495
192836#1,200
192919#1,759
193034#1,225
193116#1,888
193237#1,118
193336#1,097
193447#925
193543#975
193669#722
193787#624
1938156#465
1939378#284
1940799#183
19411,501#134
19422,055#116
19432,171#116
19442,326#101
19452,782#91
19464,125#78
19475,666#66
19485,930#58
19496,987#48
19507,643#43
19519,715#35
195212,008#31
195315,950#25
195419,051#23
195522,531#20
195623,282#20
195723,980#21
195824,223#21
195926,280#16
196028,829#14
196132,028#11
196233,536#10
196331,699#10
196430,729#10
196529,577#10
196630,199#9
196728,084#13
196828,367#11
196928,965#11
197030,142#11
197125,835#12
197221,677#17
197319,215#17
197419,322#15
197518,317#14
197617,014#17
197717,479#19
197816,993#19
197916,867#24
198016,384#27
198115,932#29
198216,031#29
198315,653#28
198414,759#28
198514,501#29
198613,650#32
198713,477#32
198812,399#36
198912,012#37
199010,980#43
19919,894#45
19928,471#51
19937,536#53
19946,525#55
19955,731#64
19965,263#72
19974,582#84
19984,190#91
19993,815#100
20003,563#104
20013,207#119
20023,000#132
20032,885#140
20042,723#149
20052,425#171
20062,267#180
20072,131#191
20081,998#198
20091,719#216
20101,625#221
20111,439#246
20121,508#240
20131,406#256
20141,379#267
20151,260#290
20161,172#301
20171,056#324
20181,015#329
2019881#364
2020794#386
2021727#427
2022679#452
2023621#485
2024587#520