Jeffrey
Boy · JEF-ree · Germanic
Jeffrey is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 552nd for boys in the US (544 babies).
What does Jeffrey mean?
Germanic: form of Geoffrey, brought to England by the Normans
The Germanic name ends in frid, peace, but the meaning of its first part is uncertain.
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- JEF-ree
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Is Jeffrey a girl's or a boy's name?
Jeffrey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 544 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jeffrey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Jeffrey, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 44 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jeffrey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Jeffrey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #1,771 for this spelling alone.
- Jeffrey 15
- Geoffrey 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#86), 1944 (#51), 1954 (#48) and 1964 (#57).
Jeffrey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 33 | #960 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 34 | #900 |
| 2008 | 30 | #972 |
| 2007 | 41 | #753 |
| 2006 | 37 | #772 |
| 2005 | 29 | #866 |
| 2004 | 33 | #763 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 29 | #667 |
| 1998 | 37 | #557 |
| 1997 | 44 | #486 |
| 1996 | 32 | #575 |
How popular is Jeffrey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #552among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 544about 1 in 3,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 544 boys in the US were named Jeffrey, making it the 552nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 386th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 33,537 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Jeffrey than any year since 1939.
Half of all the boys named Jeffrey in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 596 boys in the US were given Jeffrey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #505, up from #552 for this spelling alone.
Jeffrey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 544 | #552 |
| 2024 | 588 | #520 |
| 2023 | 622 | #485 |
| 2022 | 681 | #452 |
| 2021 | 727 | #424 |
| 2020 | 794 | #386 |
| 2019 | 881 | #364 |
| 2018 | 1,016 | #329 |
| 2017 | 1,056 | #324 |
| 2016 | 1,173 | #301 |
| 2015 | 1,261 | #290 |
| 2014 | 1,380 | #266 |
| 2013 | 1,406 | #256 |
| 2012 | 1,508 | #240 |
| 2011 | 1,440 | #246 |
| 2010 | 1,625 | #221 |
| 2009 | 1,719 | #216 |
| 2008 | 1,998 | #198 |
| 2007 | 2,131 | #191 |
| 2006 | 2,267 | #180 |
| 2005 | 2,425 | #171 |
| 2004 | 2,723 | #149 |
| 2003 | 2,885 | #140 |
| 2002 | 3,000 | #132 |
| 2001 | 3,207 | #119 |
| 2000 | 3,563 | #104 |
| 1999 | 3,815 | #100 |
| 1998 | 4,191 | #91 |
| 1997 | 4,582 | #84 |
| 1996 | 5,263 | #72 |
| 1995 | 5,731 | #64 |
| 1994 | 6,525 | #55 |
| 1993 | 7,535 | #53 |
| 1992 | 8,471 | #51 |
| 1991 | 9,894 | #45 |
| 1990 | 10,980 | #43 |
| 1989 | 12,013 | #37 |
| 1988 | 12,401 | #36 |
| 1987 | 13,477 | #32 |
| 1986 | 13,651 | #32 |
| 1985 | 14,500 | #29 |
| 1984 | 14,758 | #28 |
| 1983 | 15,649 | #28 |
| 1982 | 16,030 | #29 |
| 1981 | 15,931 | #29 |
| 1980 | 16,379 | #27 |
| 1979 | 16,865 | #24 |
| 1978 | 16,989 | #19 |
| 1977 | 17,481 | #19 |
| 1976 | 17,013 | #17 |
| 1975 | 18,316 | #14 |
| 1974 | 19,320 | #15 |
| 1973 | 19,216 | #17 |
| 1972 | 21,677 | #17 |
| 1971 | 25,834 | #12 |
| 1970 | 30,139 | #11 |
| 1969 | 28,967 | #11 |
| 1968 | 28,369 | #11 |
| 1967 | 28,083 | #13 |
| 1966 | 30,200 | #9 |
| 1965 | 29,574 | #10 |
| 1964 | 30,728 | #10 |
| 1963 | 31,701 | #10 |
| 1962 | 33,537 | #10 |
| 1961 | 32,029 | #11 |
| 1960 | 28,841 | #14 |
| 1959 | 26,281 | #16 |
| 1958 | 24,223 | #21 |
| 1957 | 23,982 | #21 |
| 1956 | 23,285 | #20 |
| 1955 | 22,533 | #20 |
| 1954 | 19,052 | #23 |
| 1953 | 15,949 | #25 |
| 1952 | 12,006 | #31 |
| 1951 | 9,713 | #35 |
| 1950 | 7,644 | #43 |
| 1949 | 6,987 | #48 |
| 1948 | 5,929 | #58 |
| 1947 | 5,665 | #66 |
| 1946 | 4,125 | #78 |
| 1945 | 2,782 | #91 |
| 1944 | 2,325 | #101 |
| 1943 | 2,171 | #116 |
| 1942 | 2,055 | #116 |
| 1941 | 1,502 | #134 |
| 1940 | 799 | #183 |
| 1939 | 378 | #284 |
| 1938 | 156 | #463 |
| 1937 | 87 | #621 |
| 1936 | 69 | #719 |
| 1935 | 43 | #969 |
| 1934 | 47 | #917 |
| 1933 | 36 | #1,094 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,110 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 34 | #1,215 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,404 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,451 |
| 1924 | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #935 |
Nicknames for Jeffrey
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