# Jeff (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeff/  
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 | Jeph |
| US babies named this | 120,502 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 120,239 / 263 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 150, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 11 | 4,056 |
| 1967 | 16 | 3,253 |
| 1968 | 14 | 3,682 |
| 1969 | 16 | 3,516 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5,564 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,829 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8,781 |
| 1974 | 5 | 9,290 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,871 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,887 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,175 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10,922 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,802 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10,038 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,593 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 1,671 |
| 2012 | 78 | 1,872 |
| 2013 | 80 | 1,802 |
| 2014 | 100 | 1,582 |
| 2015 | 72 | 2,004 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,291 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,256 |
| 2018 | 67 | 2,109 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,505 |
| 2020 | 43 | 2,816 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,423 |
| 2022 | 46 | 2,810 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,375 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,931 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,342 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 7 | 2,070 |
| 2005 | 10 | 1,716 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,407 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Jeff

- Jeff Goldblum, American actor and musician
- Jeff Gordon, American racing driver
- Jeff Bennett, American voice actor
- Jeff Daniels, American actor, musician and playwright
- Jeff Sessions, American politician and lawyer (born 1946)
- Jeff Kinney, American author and cartoonist (born 1971)
- Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, host, and writer
- Jeff Dunham, American ventriloquist and comedian
- Jeff Koons, American sculptor and painter (born 1955)
- Jeff Bergman, American voice actor (born 1960)
- Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist (1964–2013)
- Jeff Fahey, American actor

## 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.