# Jeffery (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jeffery/  
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 | 231,818 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 230,549 / 1,269 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 120, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 21 | 3,527 |
| 1978 | 31 | 2,706 |
| 1979 | 29 | 2,956 |
| 1980 | 28 | 3,090 |
| 1981 | 22 | 3,660 |
| 1982 | 21 | 3,823 |
| 1983 | 22 | 3,606 |
| 1984 | 16 | 4,575 |
| 1985 | 33 | 2,824 |
| 1986 | 26 | 3,394 |
| 1987 | 26 | 3,460 |
| 1988 | 20 | 4,374 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,150 |
| 1990 | 13 | 6,620 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,361 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 409 | 601 |
| 2012 | 373 | 643 |
| 2013 | 397 | 622 |
| 2014 | 388 | 662 |
| 2015 | 305 | 777 |
| 2016 | 314 | 770 |
| 2017 | 312 | 755 |
| 2018 | 259 | 852 |
| 2019 | 244 | 902 |
| 2020 | 215 | 994 |
| 2021 | 184 | 1,114 |
| 2022 | 173 | 1,183 |
| 2023 | 153 | 1,263 |
| 2024 | 151 | 1,299 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,556 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,318 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Jeffery

- Jeffery Deaver, American novelist, journalist, lawyer
- Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, British Army officer (1717–1797)
- Jeffery Xiong, American chess player
- Jeffery Gibson, Bahamian hurdler
- Jeffery Simmons, American football player (born 1997)
- Thomas Jeffery Parker, British-born zoologist at Otago University, New Zealand (1850–1897)
- John Steinbeck, American writer (1902–1968)
- Jeff Garlin, American comedian and actor
- Young Thug, American rapper and singer-songwriter (born 1991)
- Smokepurpp, American rapper (born 1997)
- Dan Henderson, American mixed martial artist and former Olympic wrestler
- Tom Cole, American politician

## 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.