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Yeferson

Boy · YEH-fer-son · English

Yeferson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Jeffrey”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).

What does Yeferson mean?

English: Latin American spelling of Jefferson

“son of Jeffrey”

A Spanish-style spelling of Jefferson, used especially in Colombia and Venezuela.

Say it
YEH-fer-son

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

Yeferson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Yeferson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,044among boys
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 90,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 407% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Yeferson, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.

Half of all the boys named Yeferson in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

2009Busiest: 35 in 20232025
Yeferson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202519#5,044
202422#4,567
202335#3,345
202220#4,846
202112#6,693
202010#7,497
20190–
20185#12,150
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20117#9,593
20100–
20095#12,486

Names like Yeferson

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

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