Jeffrey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jeffrey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jeffrey: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #30 in 1962, and it stood at #1,595 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
147times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#30highest recorded position
30groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jeffrey's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 35 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#552
1997	#476
1998	#538
1999	#621
2000	#731
2001	#728
2002	#848
2003	#761
2004	#703
2005	#807
2006	#711
2007	#698
2008	#943
2009	#884
2010	#1483
2011	#1045
2012	#1430
2013	#931
2014	#1061
2015	#1327
2016	#1271
2017	#1289
2018	#1061
2019	#1083
2020	#1825
2021	#1595
2022	#1692
2023	#1906
2024	#1595

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 57 of the 60 years from 1964 to 2023.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1906 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #39 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1986
Highest recorded position: #30 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1962 (recorded 1952–1986).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1595 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jeffrey appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 57 ranked years and 946 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Jeffrey across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jeffrey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#175 (1964)	#120 (1976)	#770 (2023)	57 of 60	946 (1964–2023)	38 (1976)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#39 (1952)	#30 (1962)	#84 (1986)	35 of 35	7,045 (1952–1986)	332 (1961)
New Zealand · Boys	#69 (1954)	#48 (1956)	#97 (1984)	25 of 31	2,826 (1954–1984)	157 (1964)
England and Wales · Boys	#552 (1996)	#476 (1997)	#1595 (2024)	29 of 29	723 (1996–2024)	40 (1997)

Jeffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jeffrey in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	54	6 of 10	9
1970s	250	10 of 10	25
1980sbusiest	304	10 of 10	30
1990s	183	10 of 10	18
2000s	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	57	9 of 10	6
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 30 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Jeffrey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #30 in New South Wales, Australia in 1962.

Jeffrey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1692	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1289	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#884	31	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#943	28	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#711	37	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#703	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#848	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#731	24	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#621	28	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#538	35	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#476	40	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#552	31	High	Verified
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	155	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	171	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	189	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	206	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	212	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	219	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	183	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	216	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#42	225	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	285	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	314	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	332	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	288	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	325	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	304	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	298	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	313	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	269	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	291	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	259	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New Zealand	male	#97	52	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#100	52	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#95	52	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#74	73	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#87	70	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#77	89	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#81	91	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	male	#70	107	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	male	#77	99	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	male	#76	108	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	male	#57	130	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	male	#57	129	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	male	#50	139	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	male	#51	142	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	male	#49	157	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#56	147	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#59	143	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#55	155	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#54	141	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#51	154	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#57	130	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#57	125	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#48	145	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#64	99	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#69	97	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#248	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	11	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#206	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	15	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	19	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	15	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	26	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	26	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	23	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#143	28	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	34	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	32	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	30	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	34	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	29	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	32	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	36	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	28	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#150	25	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	24	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	15	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#136	27	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	38	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	18	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#148	22	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#132	28	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#124	33	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	26	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	25	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	7	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	17	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	12	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	6	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	4	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #30, first reached in 1962.

It held a top-100 place in 35 years, 35 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 332 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1961.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jefferson · #326, 28y
Jeffery · #87, 42y
Jelani · #1664, 25y
Jelena · #183, 53y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Neil · #30, 74y
Shirley · #30, 72y
Annette · #31, 72y
Joan · #31, 73y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Kathryn · #30, 73y
Neil · #30, 74y
Shirley · #30, 72y
Tanya · #30, 66y

Jeffrey was ranked #30 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1962. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jeffrey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jeffrey without appearing here.

Jeffrey moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1595 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1430 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #931 and #2055.
Brett Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1430 and #1270 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #931 and #1462.
Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1692 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1906 and #2325.

Moved ahead of Jeffrey

Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #884 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1483 and #668.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1692 and #967.
Shea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1083 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1825 and #1192.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1045 and #1087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #852.

Moved the opposite way to Jeffrey

Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 while Conor went from #56 to #12.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 while Liam went from #54 to #8.
Darragh Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #222 to #770 while Darragh went from #222 to #26.
Harry Compare
Between 1965 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #222 to #770 while Harry went from #250 to #24.

Moved the same way as Jeffrey

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 and Adrian from #65 to #268.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 and Alfred from #134 to #472.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 and Denis from #21 to #224.
Francis Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeffrey went from #175 to #770 and Francis from #16 to #254.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #30 in New South Wales, Australia in 1962. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jeffrey

Jeffrey at a glance

What stands out in Jeffrey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jeffrey across 4 official records

Jeffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeffrey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jeffrey

Jeffrey and the names beside it

Jeffrey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeffrey

Moved the opposite way to Jeffrey

Moved the same way as Jeffrey

Jeffrey at a glance

What stands out in Jeffrey's record

Jeffrey across 4 official records

Jeffrey by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeffrey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jeffrey

Jeffrey and the names beside it

Jeffrey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jeffrey

Moved the opposite way to Jeffrey

Moved the same way as Jeffrey