Jeffrey Name Popularity

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How popular is Jeffrey?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Jeffrey, ranked the 331st Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 500 most popular, Jeffrey has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #9 in 1966.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1962 with 33,521 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Jeffrey in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1909.

Jeffrey, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1911-1915, 1918-1922, 1925-1928, and 1931-1962, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1962-1967, 1968-1976, 1977-2011, and 2012-2017.

Jeffrey's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Jeffrey has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jeffrey?

Jeffrey's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Jeffrey is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Jeffrey is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Jeffrey (Girl)		Jeffrey (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	1,003	331
2017		< 5	--	1,052	324
2016		< 5	--	1,169	301
2015		< 5	--	1,258	290
2014		< 5	--	1,377	266
2013		< 5	--	1,405	256
2012		5	18,007	1,505	240
2011		< 5	--	1,438	246
2010		< 5	--	1,623	221
2009		< 5	--	1,718	216
2008		< 5	--	1,997	198
2007		< 5	--	2,127	191
2006		< 5	--	2,266	180
2005		< 5	--	2,424	171
2004		12	8,937	2,723	148
2003		5	16,852	2,883	140
2002		8	11,553	2,999	132
2001		6	14,282	3,207	119
2000		7	12,350	3,563	104
1999		10	9,088	3,814	100
1998		6	13,122	4,188	91
1997		10	8,622	4,583	84
1996		9	9,118	5,263	72
1995		12	7,238	5,730	64
1994		17	5,558	6,525	55
1993		17	5,518	7,536	53
1992		34	3,296	8,471	51
1991		28	3,761	9,895	45
1990		40	2,867	10,979	43
1989		40	2,782	12,012	37
1988		78	1,666	12,394	36
1987		78	1,595	13,477	32
1986		91	1,410	13,649	32
1985		104	1,291	14,498	29
1984		96	1,297	14,762	28
1983		114	1,162	15,657	28
1982		98	1,296	16,038	29
1981		91	1,366	15,932	29
1980		94	1,344	16,384	27
1979		91	1,355	16,873	24
1978		99	1,249	17,001	19
1977		81	1,386	17,485	19
1976		81	1,336	17,023	17
1975		81	1,337	18,331	14
1974		96	1,171	19,326	15
1973		88	1,211	19,225	17
1972		99	1,122	21,686	17
1971		112	1,077	25,847	12
1970		140	923	30,153	11
1969		114	1,021	28,979	11
1968		112	985	28,368	11
1967		116	947	28,091	13
1966		86	1,146	30,202	9
1965		69	1,312	29,587	10
1964		83	1,214	30,732	10
1963		99	1,094	31,719	10
1962		79	1,242	33,521	10
1961		84	1,206	32,010	11
1960		84	1,190	28,830	14
1959		60	1,389	26,261	16
1958		60	1,369	24,212	21
1957		46	1,595	23,957	21
1956		42	1,646	23,272	19
1955		36	1,751	22,510	20
1954		34	1,788	19,057	23
1953		39	1,572	15,943	25
1952		20	2,360	12,013	31
1951		13	3,009	9,715	35
1950		22	2,079	7,647	43
1949		25	1,939	6,986	48
1948		22	2,097	5,928	58
1947		21	2,162	5,665	66
1946		14	2,665	4,125	78
1945		14	2,388	2,782	91
1944		6	4,267	2,327	101
1943		9	3,358	2,170	116
1942		5	4,943	2,056	116
1941		7	3,753	1,500	134
1940		< 5	--	799	183
1939		< 5	--	378	284
1938		< 5	--	157	463
1937		< 5	--	87	624
1936		< 5	--	69	722
1935		< 5	--	43	975
1934		< 5	--	47	925
1933		< 5	--	36	1,097
1932		< 5	--	37	1,117
1931		< 5	--	17	1,805
1930		< 5	--	34	1,226
1929		< 5	--	19	1,757
1928		< 5	--	36	1,200
1927		< 5	--	26	1,495
1926		< 5	--	27	1,418
1925		< 5	--	26	1,476
1924		< 5	--	31	1,341
1923		< 5	--	27	1,447
1922		< 5	--	30	1,358
1921		< 5	--	19	1,865
1920		< 5	--	22	1,666
1919		< 5	--	22	1,600
1918		< 5	--	16	2,035
1917		< 5	--	18	1,781
1916		< 5	--	21	1,571
1915		< 5	--	21	1,533
1914		< 5	--	11	2,038
1913		< 5	--	13	1,540
1912		< 5	--	12	1,477
1911		< 5	--	6	1,635
1910		< 5	--	7	1,370
1909		< 5	--	< 5	--
1908		< 5	--	< 5	--
1907		< 5	--	< 5	--
1906		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1900		< 5	--	< 5	--
1899		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		< 5	--	5	1,018
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.