Jeff

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jeff: Recorded since 1985, it reached #203 in 1999, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
41years from first to last
#203highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1257
1998	#2419
1999	#1664
2000	#2501
2001	#1949
2002	#2005
2003	#2857
2004	#2070
2005	#1716
2006	#2087
2007	#2435
2008	#1953
2009	#4527
2010	#1407
2011	#3300
2012	#2721
2015	#3373
2016	#4023
2017	#4812
2020	#3848
2021	#3017
2024	#5119

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 23 of the 41 years from 1985 to 2025.

In 2016: #713 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4023 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1985–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1985
First recorded at #304 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1985 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1985–2025
Highest recorded position: #203 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1985–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jeff appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1985, and has registered 132 births with the name.

Jeff across 2 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.

Jeff'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	#304 (1985)	#203 (1999)	#829 (2025)	23 of 41	132 (1985–2025)	12 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1235 (1996)	#5119 (2024)	23 of 29	150 (1996–2024)	17 (2010)

Jeff by decade in England and Wales · 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 Jeff in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	65	10 of 10	7
2010s	41	6 of 10	7
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jeff 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 2 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1999.

Jeff'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2070	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1257	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#304	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1985 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #203, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 11 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.

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Jefferson · #326, 28y
Jeffery · #87, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Bill · #203, 35y
Darin · #206, 26y
Elton · #200, 31y
Deanna · #207, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ferdia · #205, 39y
Aylin · #207, 33y
Devin · #208, 33y
Emre · #209, 33y

Jeff was ranked #203 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1999. 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.

Jeff 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 Jeff without appearing here.

Jeff moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4527 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1407 and #3865.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3848 and #4608.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #404 and #701.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #409 and #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2004 that had become #283 and #506.

Moved ahead of Jeff

Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1953 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #4527 and #1568.
Mathias Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1407 and #1620 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1209.
Tadhg Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1407 and #1551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1251.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1407 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Jeff

Adam Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 while Adam went from #66 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 while Alex went from #250 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 while Alexander went from #127 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 while Ben went from #185 to #40.

Moved the same way as Jeff

Adrian Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 and Adrian from #53 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 and Denis from #55 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 and Edward from #46 to #125.
Francis Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Jeff went from #304 to #829 and Francis from #53 to #309.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1985 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #203 in Republic of Ireland in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jeff

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Jeff across 2 official records

Jeff by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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