Jeff
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#3314
recorded as boys
Down 399 since 2024
Babies in 2025
35
boys 35
Peak year
1962
9,424 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
120,502
since 1880
Born a Jeff? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Jeff was most popular in 1962, when 9,424 babies recorded as boys got the name (4.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 35 babies were named Jeff, ranking #3314 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 27%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 35 | 3314 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 43 | 2915 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 35 | 3347 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 46 | 2793 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 56 | 2410 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 43 | 2806 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 53 | 2491 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 67 | 2101 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 59 | 2240 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 58 | 2278 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 72 | 2001 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 100 | 1576 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 80 | 1794 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 78 | 1863 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 90 | 1666 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 113 | 1456 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 128 | 1347 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 142 | 1227 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 161 | 1120 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 141 | 1190 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 130 | 1216 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 163 | 1011 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 156 | 1012 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 162 | 973 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 171 | 912 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 164 | 930 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 165 | 905 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 135 | 1008 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 134 | 976 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 156 | 879 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 154 | 878 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 213 | 718 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 209 | 714 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 221 | 695 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 254 | 642 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 249 | 642 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 283 | 581 |
| 1988 | 5 | 11798 | 324 | 512 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 306 | 514 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9545 | 346 | 466 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9307 | 373 | 441 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 365 | 440 |
| 1983 | 5 | 10275 | 390 | 413 |
| 1982 | 5 | 10517 | 424 | 395 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 434 | 388 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 542 | 339 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 552 | 329 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 639 | 294 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8444 | 699 | 277 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9284 | 745 | 262 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 882 | 234 |
| 1974 | 5 | 8775 | 974 | 217 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 1,182 | 192 |
| 1972 | 5 | 8292 | 1,540 | 167 |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | 2,155 | 140 |
| 1970 | 9 | 5413 | 2,881 | 116 |
| 1969 | 16 | 3461 | 2,973 | 106 |
| 1968 | 14 | 3610 | 3,279 | 90 |
| 1967 | 16 | 3211 | 3,591 | 88 |
| 1966 | 11 | 3959 | 4,387 | 72 |
| 1965 | 15 | 3264 | 5,406 | 62 |
| 1964 | 14 | 3515 | 6,933 | 52 |
| 1963 | 13 | 3635 | 8,105 | 48 |
| 1962 | 17 | 3033 | 9,424 | 44 |
| 1961 | 11 | 4009 | 9,463 | 49 |
| 1960 | 20 | 2729 | 8,511 | 49 |
| 1959 | 7 | 5031 | 7,730 | 52 |
| 1958 | 15 | 3085 | 5,808 | 68 |
| 1957 | 7 | 4918 | 4,092 | 96 |
| 1956 | 5 | 5952 | 2,220 | 145 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5828 | 1,482 | 182 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 976 | 221 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 847 | 231 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 659 | 267 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 567 | 286 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 539 | 291 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 696 | 245 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 888 | 212 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 1,007 | 199 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 766 | 219 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 538 | 249 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 470 | 273 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 480 | 280 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 424 | 294 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 361 | 302 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 279 | 340 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 164 | 446 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 187 | 416 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 153 | 454 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 128 | 500 |
| 1935 | 5 | 4204 | 137 | 482 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 122 | 530 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 143 | 467 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 157 | 451 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 154 | 454 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 177 | 441 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 174 | 450 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 177 | 452 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4805 | 192 | 440 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 159 | 476 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4973 | 189 | 437 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 186 | 447 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 207 | 419 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 206 | 417 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 164 | 480 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 207 | 408 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 184 | 433 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 198 | 415 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 180 | 421 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 186 | 406 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 183 | 398 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 165 | 368 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 143 | 345 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 134 | 321 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 76 | 308 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 83 | 267 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 68 | 268 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 65 | 262 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 73 | 242 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 59 | 258 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | 62 | 248 |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 71 | 219 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 46 | 273 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | 47 | 274 |
| 1901 | <5 | — | 45 | 255 |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 69 | 244 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 48 | 240 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | 60 | 227 |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 59 | 218 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 62 | 230 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 65 | 213 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 64 | 209 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | 87 | 166 |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 62 | 221 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 77 | 166 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | 77 | 176 |
| 1889 | <5 | — | 70 | 189 |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 93 | 162 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | 70 | 180 |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 63 | 210 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | 63 | 200 |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 74 | 185 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | 44 | 240 |
| 1882 | <5 | — | 81 | 166 |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 61 | 187 |
| 1880 | <5 | — | 66 | 188 |
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Where Jeff is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years