Jeffrey
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Jeffrey
The mostly Americanized version of Geoffrey was a trendy mid-century hit, with nickname Jeff the epitome of cool. Jeffrey entered the pop list in 1934 and was a Top 20 name from the mid-fifties to 1978.
There are lots of Jeffrey/Jeff namesakes to reference--Actors Jeff Bridges and Jeff Daniels, writers Jeffrey Archer and Jeffrey Eugenides and race car driver Jeff Gordon.
Jeffrey is also given to girls.
Pronounced JEF-ree.
As of October 2026, Jeffrey ranked #552 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #9 in 1966, Nameberry popularity #314.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #267 | 1,379 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #290 | 1,260 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #301 | 1,172 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #324 | 1,056 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #329 | 1,015 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #364 | 881 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #386 | 794 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #427 | 727 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #452 | 679 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #485 | 621 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #520 | 587 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #552 | 544 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Jeffrey for boys
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Jeffrey on lists
Famous Jeffreys
- Jeffrey Michael "Jeff" GordonBoy
American NASCAR driver
- Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" BuckleyBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Jeffrey JonesBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey Steininger "Jeffree StarBoy
" American model, makeup artist and musician
- Jeffrey ArcherBoy
English MP and novelist
- Jeffrey TamborBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey CombsBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey Dean MorganBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey EugenidesBoy
American novelist
- Jeffrey Nero HardyBoy
American pro wrestler
- Jeffrey Leonard "Jeff" JarrettBoy
American pro wrestler
- Jeffrey DeMunnBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey SteeleBoy
American country music singer
- Jeffrey KatzenbergBoy
American founder of DreamWorks Animation
- Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" BridgesBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey Lionel DahmerBoy
American serial killer
- Jeffrey JohnsonBoy
Jr. aka Roscoe Dash, American rapper
- Jeffrey WrightBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey HunterBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey OsborneBoy
American musician of R&B group L.T.D.
- Jeffrey Michael JordanBoy
son of basketballer Michael Jordan
- Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" BezosBoy
American founder and CEO of Amazon.com
- Carlon JeffreyBoy
American actor; twin sister Carla Jeffrey
- Jeffrey HymanBoy
birth name of American punk rock singer Joey Ramone
- Jeffrey Lynn "Jeff" GoldblumBoy
American actor
- Jeffrey GartenBoy
Dean Emeritus at the Yale School of Management, teaching courses on the global economy, and member of several corporate and philanthropic boards; husband of Food Network star Ina Garten
- Jeffrey Adam "Duff" GoldmanBoy
pastry chef and TV host; executive chef of Baltimore,based Charm City Cakes, featured in Food Network's "Ace of Cakes"
- Jeffrey Edward EpsteinBoy
American financier, sex offender, serial rapist, and human trafficker
Jeffrey in pop culture
- Jeffrey SinclairBoy
character in the Babylon 5 TV series
- Jeffrey "Jeff" WingerBoy
character from TV series "Community"
- Jeffrey Frank SpenderBoy
character from the TV series "The X,Files"
- Jeffrey TiftonBoy
character in Jeanne Birdsall's "The Penderwicks" books
- Jeffrey WeitzmanBoy
character in movie "The Dream Team"
- Jeffrey AlperBoy
character in "After Ever After" by Jordan Sonnenblick
- Jeffrey CampbellBoy
fanfiction character from the prequel to "The Outsiders"
- Jeffrey PierceBoy
Starfleet ensign on the Enterprise NX,O1 in 2154 on the
- JeffreyBoy
fictional drug mentioned in the 2010 Comedy Film "Get Him to the Greek" the expression in the film was
- "When the world slips you a JeffreyBoy
stroke the furry wall"
- Jeffrey Dexter "Jeff" Boomhauer IIIBoy
one of the main characters on the animated Fox Network TV series King of the Hill, voiced by Mike Judge
- Jeffrey GoinesBoy
one of the main characters in the 1995 science fiction film 12 Monkeys, played by Brad Pitt
- Jeffrey MichenerBoy
a character in the TV series The Last Ship, played by Mark Moses
- Jeffrey "Hater" LewisBoy
character in the 2008 film "What Happens in Vegas"
- Jefferey WoodsBoy
full name of Creepypasta Jeff the Killer
- Jeffrey "Jeff" DiffordBoy
aka Pastor Jeff, character on the CBS TV series "Young Sheldon" usually just referred to as Pastor Jeff