Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jeffrey

#31 most common boys' name of all time · #46 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#31
Rank overall
#46 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
983,099
Since 2016
8,082
Peak year
1962 #10
Best rank
#9 1966
Girls Boys peak 33,615/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Jeffrey first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 544 544 #552
2024 — 588 588 #521
2023 — 622 622 #485
2022 — 681 681 #452
2021 — 727 727 #425
2020 — 794 794 #386
2019 — 881 881 #364
2018 — 1,016 1,016 #329
2017 — 1,056 1,056 #324
2016 — 1,173 1,173 #301
2015 — 1,261 1,261 #290
2014 — 1,380 1,380 #266
2013 — 1,406 1,406 #256
2012 5 1,508 1,513 #240
2011 — 1,440 1,440 #246
2010 — 1,625 1,625 #221
2009 — 1,719 1,719 #216
2008 — 1,998 1,998 #198
2007 — 2,131 2,131 #191
2006 — 2,267 2,267 #180
2005 — 2,425 2,425 #171
2004 12 2,723 2,735 #149
2003 5 2,885 2,890 #140
2002 8 3,000 3,008 #132
2001 6 3,207 3,213 #119
2000 7 3,563 3,570 #104
1999 10 3,815 3,825 #100
1998 6 4,191 4,197 #91
1997 10 4,582 4,592 #84
1996 9 5,263 5,272 #72
1995 12 5,731 5,743 #64
1994 17 6,525 6,542 #55
1993 17 7,535 7,552 #53
1992 34 8,471 8,505 #51
1991 28 9,894 9,922 #45
1990 40 10,980 11,020 #43
1989 40 12,013 12,053 #37
1988 78 12,401 12,479 #36
1987 78 13,477 13,555 #32
1986 91 13,651 13,742 #32
1985 104 14,500 14,604 #29
1984 96 14,758 14,854 #28
1983 114 15,649 15,763 #28
1982 98 16,030 16,128 #29
1981 91 15,931 16,022 #29
1980 94 16,379 16,473 #27
1979 91 16,865 16,956 #24
1978 99 16,989 17,088 #19
1977 81 17,481 17,562 #19
1976 81 17,013 17,094 #17
1975 81 18,316 18,397 #14
1974 96 19,320 19,416 #15
1973 88 19,216 19,304 #17
1972 99 21,677 21,776 #17
1971 111 25,834 25,945 #12
1970 141 30,139 30,280 #11
1969 113 28,967 29,080 #11
1968 112 28,369 28,481 #11
1967 116 28,083 28,199 #13
1966 86 30,200 30,286 #9
1965 69 29,574 29,643 #10
1964 83 30,728 30,811 #10
1963 100 31,701 31,801 #10
1962 78 33,537 33,615 #10
1961 84 32,029 32,113 #11
1960 84 28,841 28,925 #14
1959 60 26,281 26,341 #16
1958 60 24,223 24,283 #21
1957 46 23,982 24,028 #21
1956 42 23,285 23,327 #20
1955 36 22,533 22,569 #20
1954 34 19,052 19,086 #23
1953 39 15,949 15,988 #25
1952 20 12,006 12,026 #31
1951 13 9,713 9,726 #35
1950 22 7,644 7,666 #43
1949 25 6,987 7,012 #48
1948 22 5,929 5,951 #58
1947 21 5,665 5,686 #66
1946 14 4,125 4,139 #78
1945 14 2,782 2,796 #91
1944 6 2,325 2,331 #101
1943 9 2,171 2,180 #116
1942 5 2,055 2,060 #116
1941 7 1,502 1,509 #134
1940 — 799 799 #183
1939 — 378 378 #284
1938 — 156 156 #465
1937 — 87 87 #628
1936 — 69 69 #725
1935 — 43 43 #976
1934 — 47 47 #928
1933 — 36 36 #1,099
1932 — 37 37 #1,117
1931 — 16 16 #1,872
1930 — 34 34 #1,222
1929 — 19 19 #1,754
1928 — 36 36 #1,199
1927 — 26 26 #1,489
1926 — 27 27 #1,412
1925 — 26 26 #1,468
1924 — 31 31 #1,338
1923 — 27 27 #1,436
1922 — 30 30 #1,347
1921 — 19 19 #1,855
1920 — 22 22 #1,657
1919 — 22 22 #1,594
1918 — 16 16 #2,024
1917 — 18 18 #1,780
1916 — 21 21 #1,577
1915 — 21 21 #1,527
1914 — 11 11 #2,014
1913 — 13 13 #1,536
1912 — 12 12 #1,469
1911 — 6 6 #1,627
1910 — 7 7 #1,377
1885 — 5 5 #1,076