NameTides

Jeffrey

Jeffrey was the #552 boys' name in the US in 2025 (544 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,127 in Canada.

Jeffrey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jeffrey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Jeffrey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#552 (544)#1,705 (15)———#1,127 (22)—
2024#520 (588)#1,595 (16)———#997 (25)—
2023#485 (622)#1,907 (12)——#770 (3)#819 (30)—
2022#452 (681)#1,692 (14)———#745 (34)—
2021#424 (727)#1,595 (15)——#631 (4)#729 (37)—
2020#386 (794)#1,825 (12)———#688 (37)—
2019#364 (881)#1,083 (25)———#439 (66)—
2018#329 (1,016)#1,061 (26)#595 (4)—#749 (3)#485 (57)—
2017#324 (1,056)#1,289 (20)——#547 (5)#510 (55)—
2016#301 (1,173)#1,271 (21)——#601 (4)#406 (74)—
2015#290 (1,261)#1,327 (19)——#397 (9)#397 (77)—
2014#266 (1,380)#1,061 (26)——#468 (7)#373 (82)—
2013#256 (1,406)#931 (31)——#711 (3)#380 (76)—
2012#240 (1,508)#1,430 (17)——#401 (9)#292 (110)—
2011#246 (1,440)#1,045 (25)——#407 (9)#285 (110)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1966 at #9.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1885.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 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 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 7,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jeffrey is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jeffrey by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #409MINew York: #472NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #579INOhio: #363OHPennsylvania: #506PANew Jersey: #344NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #615CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #512NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #723TXFlorida: #515FL
Jeffrey (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Jeffrey (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JeffreyCanadaBoys#1,12722
JeffreyEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
JeffreyIrelandBoys—too few
JeffreyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
JeffreyNSWBoys—too few
JeffreyScotlandBoys—too few
JeffreyUSGirls—too few
JeffreyUSBoys#552544