Masculine dossier · first seen 1885

Jeffrey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jeffrey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1962

Peak rank proxy

33,536

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1885Peak 19622024

Peak year

1962

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

587

All-time

979,049

Jeffrey once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1962, when 33,536 boys were named Jeffrey.

In 2024, only 587 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 979,049 Americans have been named Jeffrey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

196233,536 boys named Jeffrey

2024587 boys named Jeffrey

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