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Jeff

Pronounced /d͡ʒɛf/

Rank in 2024
#2,929
Born in 2024
43
Peak year
1961 · #49
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 43 boys were named Jeff, about 1 in every 39,891.
  • It peaked in 1961 with 9,462 babies, ranked #49.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 120,212 boys have been named Jeff since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jeff per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 1.9
    Boomers
  4. 1.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.2
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,578 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Silent: 4,425 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Boomers: 70,715 babies, 1.88 per 1,000. Gen X: 32,435 babies, 1.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,700 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,233 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 711 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Jeffrey, a variant of Geoffrey, from Middle English Geffrey, from an Old French aristocratic name, Geoffroi [dʒɔfreʲ] (> West Middle French Geoffrey, East Middle French Geoffroy), itself from Proto-French forms (latinized in -us) Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus (10th century) and Jof[f]redus, Jofridus, Jaufredus, Geffredus (11th century), and ultimately of Proto-Germanic origin. The second element is *friþuz (“peace, sanctuary”).

  • A diminutive of the male given names Jeffrey, Jeffery, Jefferey, Jeffry, and Jefferson.
Origin
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Jeff, CC BY-SA 4.0.