Jefferey
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JEF-ree
- Origin
- Germanic
Jefferey is a boys' name of Germanic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jefferey mean?
Germanic: spelling of Jeffrey (Geoffrey)
Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, bore the older spelling of the name.
Is Jefferey a girl's or a boy's name?
Jefferey is a boys' name.
How popular is Jefferey in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1969, with 141 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Jefferey in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jefferey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 49 | #1,768 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 50 | #1,692 |
| 1991 | 58 | #1,496 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,175 |
| 1987 | 69 | #1,152 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,093 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,093 |
| 1984 | 87 | #943 |
| 1983 | 80 | #987 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,006 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 71 | #1,070 |
| 1979 | 62 | #1,137 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,005 |
| 1977 | 76 | #981 |
| 1976 | 72 | #977 |
| 1975 | 81 | #911 |
| 1974 | 91 | #841 |
| 1973 | 94 | #817 |
| 1972 | 123 | #719 |
| 1971 | 122 | #741 |
| 1970 | 130 | #721 |
| 1969 | 141 | #665 |
| 1968 | 100 | #745 |
| 1967 | 119 | #683 |
| 1966 | 108 | #713 |
| 1965 | 116 | #692 |
| 1964 | 111 | #729 |
| 1963 | 116 | #726 |
| 1962 | 121 | #697 |
| 1961 | 107 | #743 |
| 1960 | 79 | #851 |
| 1959 | 76 | #874 |
| 1958 | 88 | #795 |
| 1957 | 75 | #872 |
| 1956 | 65 | #923 |
| 1955 | 67 | #905 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,028 |
| 1953 | 39 | #1,188 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,226 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,488 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
Nicknames for Jefferey
Names like Jefferey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ricky, Jason, Derek, Joey, Jamie, Bradley, Timothy, Michael, Jeremy, Jerry, Joel, Randy
Names related to Jefferey
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jefferey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jefferey, updated 20 October 2026.