Jeff
Boy · JEF · Germanic
Jeff is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Jeff mean?
Germanic: short form of Jeffrey (Geoffrey)
Geoffrey's second element is Germanic fridu, 'peace'; the meaning of the first element is debated.
- Say it
- JEF
Is Jeff a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeff is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeff in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jeff in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Jeff in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
How popular is Jeff in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Jeff, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 1961, with 9,463 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jeff in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jeff in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,409 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,100 |
| 2017 | 59 | #2,239 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 72 | #2,001 |
| 2014 | 100 | #1,576 |
| 2013 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 90 | #1,666 |
| 2010 | 113 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 128 | #1,347 |
| 2008 | 142 | #1,227 |
| 2007 | 161 | #1,120 |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,190 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 163 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 156 | #1,011 |
| 2002 | 162 | #972 |
| 2001 | 171 | #911 |
| 2000 | 164 | #928 |
| 1999 | 165 | #903 |
| 1998 | 135 | #1,005 |
| 1997 | 134 | #974 |
| 1996 | 156 | #877 |
| 1995 | 154 | #875 |
| 1994 | 213 | #717 |
| 1993 | 209 | #713 |
| 1992 | 221 | #693 |
| 1991 | 254 | #640 |
| 1990 | 249 | #640 |
| 1989 | 283 | #580 |
| 1988 | 324 | #512 |
| 1987 | 306 | #514 |
| 1986 | 346 | #466 |
| 1985 | 373 | #441 |
| 1984 | 365 | #440 |
| 1983 | 390 | #413 |
| 1982 | 424 | #395 |
| 1981 | 434 | #388 |
| 1980 | 542 | #339 |
| 1979 | 552 | #329 |
| 1978 | 639 | #294 |
| 1977 | 699 | #277 |
| 1976 | 745 | #262 |
| 1975 | 882 | #234 |
| 1974 | 974 | #217 |
| 1973 | 1,182 | #192 |
| 1972 | 1,540 | #167 |
| 1971 | 2,155 | #140 |
| 1970 | 2,881 | #116 |
| 1969 | 2,973 | #106 |
| 1968 | 3,279 | #90 |
| 1967 | 3,591 | #88 |
| 1966 | 4,387 | #72 |
| 1965 | 5,406 | #62 |
| 1964 | 6,933 | #52 |
| 1963 | 8,105 | #48 |
| 1962 | 9,424 | #44 |
| 1961 | 9,463 | #49 |
| 1960 | 8,511 | #49 |
| 1959 | 7,730 | #52 |
| 1958 | 5,808 | #68 |
| 1957 | 4,092 | #96 |
| 1956 | 2,220 | #145 |
| 1955 | 1,482 | #182 |
| 1954 | 976 | #221 |
| 1953 | 847 | #231 |
| 1952 | 659 | #267 |
| 1951 | 567 | #286 |
| 1950 | 539 | #291 |
| 1949 | 696 | #245 |
| 1948 | 888 | #212 |
| 1947 | 1,007 | #199 |
| 1946 | 766 | #219 |
| 1945 | 538 | #249 |
| 1944 | 470 | #273 |
| 1943 | 480 | #280 |
| 1942 | 424 | #294 |
| 1941 | 361 | #302 |
| 1940 | 279 | #340 |
| 1939 | 164 | #446 |
| 1938 | 187 | #416 |
| 1937 | 153 | #454 |
| 1936 | 128 | #500 |
| 1935 | 137 | #482 |
| 1934 | 122 | #530 |
| 1933 | 143 | #467 |
| 1932 | 157 | #451 |
| 1931 | 154 | #454 |
| 1930 | 177 | #441 |
| 1929 | 174 | #450 |
| 1928 | 177 | #452 |
| 1927 | 192 | #440 |
| 1926 | 159 | #476 |
| 1925 | 189 | #437 |
| 1924 | 186 | #447 |
| 1923 | 207 | #419 |
| 1922 | 206 | #417 |
| 1921 | 164 | #480 |
| 1920 | 207 | #408 |
| 1919 | 184 | #433 |
| 1918 | 198 | #415 |
| 1917 | 180 | #421 |
| 1916 | 186 | #406 |
| 1915 | 183 | #398 |
| 1914 | 165 | #368 |
| 1913 | 143 | #345 |
| 1912 | 134 | #321 |
| 1911 | 76 | #308 |
| 1910 | 83 | #267 |
| 1909 | 68 | #268 |
| 1908 | 65 | #262 |
| 1907 | 73 | #242 |
| 1906 | 59 | #258 |
| 1905 | 62 | #248 |
| 1904 | 71 | #219 |
| 1903 | 46 | #273 |
| 1902 | 47 | #274 |
| 1901 | 45 | #255 |
| 1900 | 69 | #244 |
| 1899 | 48 | #240 |
| 1898 | 60 | #227 |
| 1897 | 59 | #218 |
| 1896 | 62 | #230 |
| 1895 | 65 | #213 |
| 1894 | 64 | #209 |
| 1893 | 87 | #166 |
| 1892 | 62 | #221 |
| 1891 | 77 | #166 |
| 1890 | 77 | #176 |
| 1889 | 70 | #189 |
| 1888 | 93 | #162 |
| 1887 | 70 | #180 |
| 1886 | 63 | #210 |
| 1885 | 63 | #200 |
| 1884 | 74 | #185 |
| 1883 | 44 | #240 |
| 1882 | 81 | #166 |
| 1881 | 61 | #187 |
| 1880 | 66 | #188 |
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