# Jef (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jef/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 129 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 129 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 5 | 4,252 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4,213 |
| 1959 | 7 | 3,421 |
| 1960 | 12 | 2,472 |
| 1961 | 8 | 3,219 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,454 |
| 1963 | 15 | 2,157 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,433 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,103 |
| 1966 | 8 | 3,105 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,150 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,057 |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,496 |
| 1972 | 7 | 4,183 |
| 1973 | 6 | 4,771 |

## People named Jef

- Jef Raskin, American computer interface expert (1943-2005)
- Jef Geeraerts, Belgian novelist (1930–2015)
- Jef Van Der Linden, Belgian footballer (1927-2008)
- Jef van de Wiele, Belgian Nazi collaborator (1903–1979)
- Jef Demuysere, Belgian road bicycle racer
- Jef Lambeaux, Belgian sculptor (1852-1908)
- Sjefke Janssen, Dutch racing cyclist (1919–2014)
- Jef Neve, Belgian pianist
- Jef Nys, comic creator (1927-2009)
- Jef Maes, Belgian musician (1905–1996)
- Jef Leempoels, Belgian painter (1867-1935)
- Jef Lahaye, Dutch bicycle racer (1932–1990)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.