Jeffrey

Meaning: Uncertain; possibly God's peace
Origin: Germanic — Variant of Geoffrey

Nicknames: Jeff

Boy's name · #552 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

Jeffrey's best rank, #9, came in 1966; it has stepped well back to #552 today. Roughly 980,000 boys have been named Jeffrey since 1885.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#758 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,004 in Italy (2024) · #1,127 in Canada (2025) · #1,705 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,614 in Austria (2025) · #4,748 in France (2024) · #770 in Ireland (2023) · #1,990 in Sweden (2021) · #1,391 in Belgium (2020) · #1,049 in Netherlands (2019) · #595 in Scotland (2018) · #656 in Poland (2015) and 5 more.

Famous Jeffreys

Jeffrey Sachs — American economist (born 1954)
Jeffrey C. Hall — American geneticist and chronobiologist (born 1945)
Jeffrey Wright — American actor (born 1965)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan — American actor (born 1966)
Jeffrey Archer — English author and politician (1940–2026)
Jeffrey Jones — American actor (born 1946)
Jeffrey Tambor — American actor (born 1944)
Jeffrey Donovan — American actor (born 1968)
Jeffrey Hunter — American actor (1926–1969)
Jeffrey Katzenberg — American film producer and media proprietor (born 1950)

In stories & tradition

Jeffrey King — One Life to Live (TV series)
Jeffrey Sinclair — Babylon 5 (TV series)
Jeffrey Spender — Fictional character in The X-Files

What Jeffreys become

Among 1,941 notable people named Jeffrey:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954).

Similar names: Jeffery · Eric · Jeremy · Corey · Bradley · Gary

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