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 1953 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 955 babies (rank #6 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

16,107
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
955
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
19532#7
19555#597
195618#374
195718#375
195812#488
195922#359
196032#304
196131#315
196232#317
196337#305
196452#267
196552#262
196633#329
196737#318
196835#322
196938#321
1970254#98
1971202#110
1972178#119
1973193#103
1974157#114
1975142#126
1976181#103
1977164#116
1978171#112
1979224#87
1980283#77
1981272#75
1982323#57
1983453#34
1984561#30
1985656#26
1986712#18
1987751#15
1988743#17
1989803#15
1990896#10
1991955#6
1992836#11
1993682#18
1994706#15
1995625#24
1996593#25
1997479#33
1998436#42
1999400#49
2000293#65
2001254#76
2002223#93
2003168#120
2004129#145
200594#186
200687#195
200780#201
200888#192
200952#280
201048#281
201139#319
201227#384
201322#438
201416#522