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Jeffrey

“Variant of Geoffrey — god peace (from Germanic *guda 'god' + *frithuz 'peace')” — Germanic, via Geoffrey origin

Boy's name · #552 in the US (2025) · Retro

Jeffrey has appeared in US records since 1885 — best rank #9 (1966) · 979,601 babies named Jeffrey all-time · 1 in 3,100 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,900 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 18,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jeffreys

• Jeffrey Sachs — American economist (born 1954)
• Jeffrey C. Hall — American geneticist and chronobiologist
• Jeffrey Wright — American actor (born 1965)
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan — American actor
• Jeffrey Archer — English author and former politician (born 1940)

In stories & tradition

• Jeffrey King — One Life to Live
• Jeffrey Sinclair — Babylon 5
• Jeffrey Spender — The X-Files

What Jeffreys become

Among 1,941 notable people named Jeffrey:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jeffrey Sachs, American economist (born 1954).

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