Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jeffrey” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jeffrey” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jeffrey” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jeffrey” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jeffrey” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jeffrey” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jeffrey” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jeffrey” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1885 5 0.000020759 5 -100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 -100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 -100%
1912 12 0.000012145 12 -100%
1913 13 0.000011432 13 -100%
1914 11 0.000007766 11 -100%
1915 21 0.00001146 21 -100%
1916 21 0.000010856 21 -100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 -100%
1918 16 0.000007369 16 -100%
1919 22 0.000010425 22 -100%
1920 22 0.000009723 22 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 27 0.000011726 27 -100%
1924 31 0.000013016 31 -100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 34 0.000015293 34 -100%
1931 16 0.000007603 16 -100%
1932 37 0.000017525 37 -100%
1933 36 0.000018005 36 -100%
1934 47 0.000022631 47 -100%
1935 43 0.000020575 43 -100%
1936 69 0.000033212 69 -100%
1937 87 0.000040832 87 -100%
1938 156 0.000070506 156 -100%
1939 378 0.00017155 378 -100%
1940 799 0.000346986 799 -100%
1941 1508 0.00061894 7 1501 -99%
1942 2060 0.000754077 5 2055 -100%
1943 2180 0.000772349 9 2171 -99%
1944 2332 0.000866889 6 2326 -99%
1945 2796 0.001053937 14 2782 -99%
1946 4139 0.001295337 14 4125 -99%
1947 5687 0.001578704 21 5666 -99%
1948 5952 0.001723959 22 5930 -99%
1949 7012 0.002012181 25 6987 -99%
1950 7665 0.002187901 22 7643 -99%
1951 9728 0.002640795 13 9715 -100%
1952 12028 0.003166926 20 12008 -100%
1953 15989 0.00414906 39 15950 -100%
1954 19085 0.004794373 34 19051 -100%
1955 22567 0.005620561 36 22531 -100%
1956 23324 0.005656995 42 23282 -100%
1957 24026 0.005717559 46 23980 -100%
1958 24283 0.005874109 60 24223 -100%
1959 26340 0.006334789 60 26280 -100%
1960 28913 0.006960589 84 28829 -99%
1961 32112 0.007752213 84 32028 -99%
1962 33614 0.008329839 78 33536 -100%
1963 31799 0.008033702 100 31699 -99%
1964 30812 0.007925702 83 30729 -99%
1965 29646 0.008177194 69 29577 -100%
1966 30285 0.008713465 86 30199 -99%
1967 28200 0.008306585 116 28084 -99%
1968 28479 0.008429698 112 28367 -99%
1969 29078 0.008366992 113 28965 -99%
1970 30282 0.008396474 140 30142 -99%
1971 25947 0.007559533 112 25835 -99%
1972 21776 0.006928426 99 21677 -99%
1973 19303 0.006398317 88 19215 -99%
1974 19418 0.006387502 96 19322 -99%
1975 18398 0.006093276 81 18317 -99%
1976 17095 0.005633919 81 17014 -99%
1977 17560 0.005528107 81 17479 -99%
1978 17092 0.005385224 99 16993 -99%
1979 16958 0.005097085 91 16867 -99%
1980 16478 0.00478385 94 16384 -99%
1981 16023 0.004631761 91 15932 -99%
1982 16129 0.004597826 98 16031 -99%
1983 15767 0.004552543 114 15653 -99%
1984 14855 0.004257966 96 14759 -99%
1985 14605 0.004092057 104 14501 -99%
1986 13741 0.003863002 91 13650 -99%
1987 13555 0.003759415 78 13477 -99%
1988 12477 0.003376686 78 12399 -99%
1989 12052 0.003134911 40 12012 -99%
1990 11020 0.002788124 40 10980 -99%
1991 9922 0.002547195 28 9894 -99%
1992 8505 0.00221411 34 8471 -99%
1993 7553 0.0020033 17 7536 -100%
1994 6542 0.001759712 17 6525 -99%
1995 5743 0.001568202 12 5731 -100%
1996 5272 0.001445494 9 5263 -100%
1997 4592 0.001266497 10 4582 -100%
1998 4196 0.001140773 6 4190 -100%
1999 3825 0.0010355 10 3815 -99%
2000 3570 0.000944468 7 3563 -100%
2001 3213 0.000858313 6 3207 -100%
2002 3008 0.000804646 8 3000 -99%
2003 2890 0.000760062 5 2885 -100%
2004 2735 0.000715796 12 2723 -99%
2005 2425 0.000630715 2425 -100%
2006 2267 0.000573026 2267 -100%
2007 2131 0.000533059 2131 -100%
2008 1998 0.000508311 1998 -100%
2009 1719 0.000449979 1719 -100%
2010 1625 0.000439696 1625 -100%
2011 1439 0.000393407 1439 -100%
2012 1513 0.000413686 5 1508 -99%
2013 1406 0.000385663 1406 -100%
2014 1379 0.000372062 1379 -100%
2015 1260 0.000340457 1260 -100%
2016 1172 0.000319459 1172 -100%
2017 1056 0.000295286 1056 -100%
2018 1015 0.000288689 1015 -100%
2019 881 0.000253822 881 -100%
2020 794 0.000237683 794 -100%
2021 727 0.000214584 727 -100%
2022 679 0.000200701 679 -100%
2023 621 0.000187546 621 -100%
2024 587 0.000176356 587 -100%

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