NameTides

Jefferson

Jefferson was the #829 boys' name in the US in 2025 (298 babies), and #2,095 in Canada.

Jefferson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Jefferson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Jefferson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#829 (298)——#2,095 (9)
2024#710 (375)——#2,710 (6)
2023#762 (339)———
2022#760 (332)#4,002 (4)—#2,810 (5)
2021#723 (357)#4,789 (3)—#2,812 (5)
2020#706 (357)#4,608 (3)—#1,838 (9)
2019#739 (326)#2,104 (10)—#2,189 (7)
2018#681 (364)#3,412 (5)—#2,403 (6)
2017#698 (353)#2,734 (7)—#1,720 (10)
2016#620 (432)#2,804 (7)——
2015#672 (378)#3,004 (6)—#1,458 (12)
2014#609 (439)#2,690 (7)—#2,371 (6)
2013#610 (414)#2,055 (10)—#1,380 (13)
2012#617 (394)#2,458 (8)—#1,466 (12)
2011#703 (326)#1,909 (11)—#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1891 at #251.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Jefferson is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 6,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jefferson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #745CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #563VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #719TNNorth Carolina: #873NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #681FL
Jefferson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JeffersonCanadaBoys#2,0959
JeffersonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
JeffersonIrelandBoys—too few
JeffersonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JeffersonUSBoys#829298