# Jefferson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jefferson/  
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 | /ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,440 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 24,440 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 195, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 326 | 703 |
| 2012 | 394 | 617 |
| 2013 | 414 | 610 |
| 2014 | 439 | 609 |
| 2015 | 378 | 672 |
| 2016 | 432 | 620 |
| 2017 | 353 | 698 |
| 2018 | 364 | 681 |
| 2019 | 326 | 740 |
| 2020 | 357 | 706 |
| 2021 | 357 | 724 |
| 2022 | 332 | 761 |
| 2023 | 339 | 762 |
| 2024 | 375 | 710 |
| 2025 | 298 | 831 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 1,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَفَرْسُون
- Chinese: 傑斐遜 /杰斐逊
- Georgian: ჯეფერსონი
- Hebrew: ג׳פרסון
- Hindi: जेफरसन
- Japanese: ジェファーソン
- Korean: 제퍼슨
- Lithuanian: Džefersonas
- Russian: Дже́фферсон

## People named Jefferson

- Jefferson, Brazilian association football player
- Jefferson Lerma, Colombian association football player
- Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian association football player
- Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walking athlete
- Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues, Brazilian association football player
- Jefferson Vieira da Cruz, Brazilian association football player
- Jefferson Baiano, Brazilian association football player
- Jefferson Hall, English actor
- Jefferson Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, American astronomer (1866–1962)
- Jefferson Lopes Faustino, Brazilian association football player
- Jefferson Andrade Siqueira, Brazilian footballer

## 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.