Jeffrey
A boys’ name of Old French origin, meaning peace; variant of Geoffrey.
How Jeffrey has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #290 |
| 2016 | #301 |
| 2017 | #324 |
| 2018 | #329 |
| 2019 | #364 |
| 2020 | #388 |
| 2021 | #426 |
| 2022 | #452 |
| 2023 | #485 |
| 2024 | #520 |
| 2025 | #552 |
Jeffrey by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Jeffrey. In the US, 1,049 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 33,523 babies in 1962, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1970, about 1 in 63 American boys born that year was called Jeffrey.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jeffrey. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jeffryvariant of Jeffrey; peace pledge24 in the US (2017)
- Jeffereypeaceful pledge; variant spelling of jeffrey6 in the US (2017)
- Jefreypeaceful pledge; variant spelling of jeffrey6 in the US (2017)
- Jefferypeaceful, God's peace; variant of Jeffrey311 in the US (2017)
- Jefrypeaceful spear; a form of jeffrey7 in the US (2017)
- Jeffriepeaceful pledge; a form of jeffrey5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean peace
Like Jeffrey, each of these has peace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Axelfather of peace3,782 in the US (2017)
- Freddiepeaceful ruler; from Frederick2,526 in England and Wales (2025)
- Paxtonpeace settlement or town1,993 in the US (2017)
- Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
- Frederickpeaceful ruler; peaceful and powerful954 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Jeffrey
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