Jefferson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jefferson: Recorded since 1978, with a gap of 17 years, its highest recorded position is #326, and it stood at #4,001 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#326highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jefferson's record

Absent from every published list for 17 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1174
1998	#1821
1999	#1505
2000	#1552
2001	#1949
2002	#1651
2003	#1771
2004	#1596
2005	#2754
2006	#1744
2007	#4333
2008	#1953
2009	#2318
2010	#3332
2011	#1909
2012	#2458
2013	#2055
2014	#2690
2015	#3004
2016	#2804
2017	#2734
2018	#3412
2019	#2104
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
2022	#4001

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 4 of the 32 years from 1978 to 2009.

In 2009: #701 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2318 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1978–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #326 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1978–2009
Highest recorded position: #326 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1978 (recorded 1978–2009).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4001 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Jefferson appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 27 ranked years and 195 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1978.

Jefferson 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.

Jefferson'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	#326 (1978)	#326 (1978)	#701 (2009)	4 of 32	14 (1978–2009)	4 (2001)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1174 (1997)	#4001 (2022)	27 of 27	195 (1996–2022)	11 (1997)

Jefferson 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 Jefferson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	33	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	76	10 of 10	8
2010s	76	10 of 10	8
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Jefferson 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 1978 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #326 in Republic of Ireland in 1978.

Jefferson'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1552	8	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	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 1978 and 2022, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #326, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 17 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 18 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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Jeff · #203, 31y
Jeffery · #87, 42y
Jeffrey · #30, 73y

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.

Ibraheem · #326, 29y
Gladys · #327, 26y
Helin · #327, 31y
Mercedes · #327, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Rabia · #326, 44y
Shelly · #326, 29y
Amar · #327, 42y
Ena · #328, 29y

Jefferson was ranked #326 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1978. 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.

Jefferson 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 Jefferson without appearing here.

Jefferson moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2055 and #4685.
Shannon Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #4432.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4333 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #3687.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1949 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #2636.

Moved ahead of Jefferson

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Robyn Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3004 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1744 and #2087 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #2023.
Isak Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2404.

Moved the opposite way to Jefferson

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Jefferson

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Jefferson went from #1458 to #4001 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1978 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #326 in Republic of Ireland in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jefferson

Jefferson at a glance

What stands out in Jefferson's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jefferson across 2 official records

Jefferson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jefferson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Jefferson at a glance

What stands out in Jefferson's record

Jefferson across 2 official records

Jefferson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Jefferson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Jefferson

Jefferson and the names beside it

Jefferson moved ahead of

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