Jeferson
Boy · JEF-er-sun · English
Jeferson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Geoffrey”. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Jeferson mean?
English: spelling of Jefferson; English surname
“son of Geoffrey”
Often given in honour of Thomas Jefferson, third US president and main author of the Declaration of Independence.
- Say it
- JEF-er-sun
Meaning borrowed from Jefferson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Jeferson a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeferson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeferson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Jeferson, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Jeferson in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 315 boys in the US were given Jeferson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #745, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
- Jefferson 298
- Jeferson 17
Jeferson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 29 | #3,637 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
Nicknames for Jeferson
Names like Jeferson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jeferson
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