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Jeffry

Masculine · “peace of the land”

Jeffry is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 15,400 boys against 10 girls since 1880.

1919high 1957
#5861 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare15 boys in 2025

Jeffry is Geoffrey respelled, and Geoffrey's first element has never been settled — three different Germanic words have been proposed, all of them ending in the same peace.

How old is the name Jeffry?

Jeffry first appears in US birth records in 1919 — 106 years ago. The typical Jeffry alive today was born around 1964, making them about 61 years old. About 12,500 people named Jeffry are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Jeffry most popular?

Jeffry peaked in 1956, reaching #316 nationally. Today it ranks #5861, 5,545 places below that high. See the whole 1956 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Jeffry

Geoffrey came to England with the Normans and became a standard medieval name — Geoffrey Chaucer and Geoffrey of Monmouth both wrote themselves into English literature. The Jeffrey spelling was an English simplification, and Jeffry a further one. American use rose enormously in the mid-twentieth century, and Jeffry peaked around 1962.

Meaningscholars disagree

peace of the land, or of the traveler, or of the pledge

The second element is the Germanic frid, 'peace', and is undisputed. The first is not: gawia, 'territory'; walah, 'stranger' or 'traveler'; or gisil, 'pledge'. Medieval Latin scribes conflated Godfrey with Geoffrey too, which added a fourth possibility.

How the name formed

  1. Gaufrid
  2. Geoffrey
  3. Jeffrey
  4. Jeffry

Related forms: Jeffrey · Geoffrey · Goffredo

Pronouncing Jeffry

JEF-ree

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings are said identically.

Nicknames for Jeffry

Moderate

JeffThe standard clipping, and a name in its own right with a large record
GeoffThe British spelling of the same clipping, said identically
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1919–202555327705531519192025

US babies named Jeffry per year from 1919 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#3161910s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1919
Most boys named
1957553 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#316reached in 1956
Change vs 2023
−37.5%15 in 2025, from 24
Jeffry sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1957, with 553 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Jeffry in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Jeffrey in English — spelling variant
  • Geoffrey in English — spelling variant
  • Goffredo in Italian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.

Jeffrys among us

12,500

people named Jeffry are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 113,872 born in 2025 was named Jeffry

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Jeffry

#5861
Jeffry on the 2025 chart
#907
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jeffry went to 15 boys in 2025, but Jefry is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 21, which makes it the 907th most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,954 places above the chart.

  • Jeffry15
  • Jefry6

About 1 boy in 81,337 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 113,872 for Jeffry itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Houston test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jeffry's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Houston climbed just as high around 1901, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Houston's path sketches the road Jeffry is walking now.

40%chance Jeffry will feel dated by 2040
Jeffry, aligned on its peakHouston· peak 1901not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsHouston · #1255Jeffry today
Jeffry today is about where Houston stood in 1970 — 69 years past a #318-sized peak. By 1985, Houston had settled around #888.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Jeffry sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Jeffry beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Jeffry in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Jeffrythis name15#5861Eber15#5861Wilton15#5861Ruby15#5861Stacy15#5861

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Two founding figures of English literature carry the name.
  • The peace element is transparent whichever reading of the first is correct.
  • Jeff is a completely ordinary and immediately available short form.
What to consider
  • Jeffrey and Geoffrey are both far commoner spellings.
  • The first element is genuinely disputed three ways.
  • It is closely dated to the middle of the twentieth century.

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Frequently asked

How many Jeffrys are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,500 people named Jeffry are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Jeffry?
Jeffry is the most-used spelling in US records — 15 of the 21 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jefry.
How popular is the name Jeffry in 2025?
Jeffry ranks #5861 among US boy names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Jeffry?
About 1 in every 113,872 US boys born in 2025 was named Jeffry — 15 in all.
Will my child share the name Jeffry with classmates?
Jeffry will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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