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Jeffery

Gender
Boy
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,554 for boys

Jeffery is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,554th for boys in the US (110 babies).

What does Jeffery mean?

Germanic

A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Jeffrey.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Jeffery a girl's or a boy's name?

Jeffery is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 110 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jeffery in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,329th among boys
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 200% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Jeffery, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.

2025 had more boys named Jeffery than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Jeffery in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 8 in 20092025
Jeffery in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20243#5,198
20233#5,193
20224#4,195
20214#4,188
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20176#3,191
20165#3,655
20158#2,614
20145#3,529
20138#2,541
20120–
20116#3,038
20100–
20098#2,445
20086#2,906
20073#4,486
20064#3,522
20055#2,885
20040–
20035#2,574
20024#2,751
20014#2,714
20003#3,146
19995#2,184
19984#2,531
19976#1,853
19964#2,442

How popular is Jeffery in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,554th among boys
Babies in 2025
110 about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 110 boys in the US were named Jeffery, making it the 1,554th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 992nd. Its busiest year was 1962, with 9,282 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jeffery than any year since 1939.

Half of all the boys named Jeffery in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.

1894Busiest: 9,282 in 19622025
Jeffery in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025110#1,554
2024151#1,295
2023153#1,258
2022173#1,180
2021184#1,114
2020215#992
2019244#897
2018259#852
2017312#754
2016314#770
2015305#776
2014388#662
2013397#622
2012373#641
2011409#601
2010447#568
2009479#553
2008533#511
2007556#481
2006643#431
2005607#436
2004623#417
2003697#374
2002734#361
2001778#350
2000837#333
1999924#309
1998965#293
19971,080#262
19961,119#255
19951,273#234
19941,416#203
19931,626#192
19921,822#176
19912,121#151
19902,321#136
19892,478#129
19882,584#120
19872,645#109
19862,769#102
19852,947#96
19843,025#94
19833,154#91
19823,311#92
19813,334#93
19803,324#90
19793,357#87
19783,543#80
19773,564#78
19763,564#76
19753,903#70
19744,363#66
19734,407#64
19725,063#58
19716,100#53
19706,701#50
19696,738#48
19687,223#46
19677,226#47
19667,904#42
19657,734#47
19648,360#45
19638,486#46
19629,282#45
19618,923#50
19607,658#55
19597,487#55
19586,842#59
19577,508#52
19566,569#57
19555,466#73
19543,935#90
19533,042#109
19522,183#134
19511,631#161
19501,216#183
19491,049#196
1948795#229
1947744#236
1946552#273
1945352#315
1944336#330
1943313#349
1942281#360
1941204#411
1940128#510
193953#836
193840#1,009
193722#1,444
193634#1,118
193525#1,354
193427#1,293
193327#1,281
193222#1,509
193116#1,843
193029#1,330
192921#1,611
192825#1,480
192729#1,372
192623#1,565
192529#1,360
192425#1,532
192318#1,873
192223#1,591
192113#2,375
192010#2,764
191914#2,151
191815#2,072
191717#1,814
191617#1,770
191513#2,069
191416#1,544
191315#1,364
191215#1,223
19110–
19107#1,313
19098#1,083
19080–
19075#1,344
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18945#1,073

Names like Jeffery

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Bobby, Billy, Joey, Lenny, Zachary, Toby, Rudy, Anthony, Robin, Tommy, Reggie, Jeremy

Names related to Jeffery

Jeffrey, Jeffry, Jefry, Jefferey, Jefrey

More Germanic names

Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jeffery: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jeffery, updated 20 October 2026.