as a First Name
Variant spelling of Geoffrey, common in the Middle Ages (as reflected in surnames such as Jefferson). This is now the usual spelling of the name both in North America and Britain. Well-known bearers include the novelist and former British politician Jeffrey Archer (b. 1940), the British conductor Jeffrey Tate (b. 1943), and the American soul singer Jeffrey Osborne (b. 1951).
| 40th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 979,218
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Jeffrey per capita
- 1966
- marked the height of its popularity
0.13%
99.87%
16%
55+
55+
63%
30-54
30-54
15%
13-29
13-29
6%
0-12
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