Geffrey

Boys' name

Geat + peace, through *Gautafriþu

Geffrey has been given to 221 babies in the U.S. since 1949. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Geffrey, 2006

1 in 791,000

Geffrey over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Geffrey: meaning, origin, and history

Geat + peace, through *Gautafriþu

Germanic languages

What Geffrey means

Geffrey belongs to the name family reached through Geffrey → Geffrey → *Gautafriþu. Its meaning is “Geat + peace”.

Origin, language, and formation

Geffrey is used in English and Middle English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Geffrey comes through Middle English Geffrey.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geffrey and *Gautafriþu.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Middle English, Geffrey is pronounced /d͡ʒɛˈfræi̯/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 221 boys were recorded with the name Geffrey between 1949 and 2006. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1970; its best national rank was #2,549 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Geffrey?

Geffrey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2006, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2006: 1 in 791,000; 5 of 3,956,166 births
Among boys only: 1 in 411,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2006: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 548,442 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Geffrey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2006 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 548,442 children born in 2006 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Geffrey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geffreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Geffrey was born before 1971 — so the typical Geffrey is around 54 today.

Median birth year: 1971; About 54 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 33.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 24.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 216; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 33.5% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Geffrey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1970 (14)
Years since peak: 55; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,549; 1970

Spellings of Geffrey

Geffrey is not the most common spelling — Jeffrey is, with 92.6% against Geffrey's 0.02%.

Jeffrey92.6%979,601
Geoffrey5.1%54,394
Jeffry1.5%15,400
Jefferey0.38%3,973
Godfrey0.31%3,245
Jefrey0.07%767
Geoffry0.06%677
Geffrey0.02%221

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Geffrey around the world

Where Geffrey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1985–2003
#3,856
in 2003
South Australia
1945–1968
#520
in 1968

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Geffrey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,549; 1970
Peak year: 1970; 14 that year
First recorded: 1949
Last recorded: 2006
All-time count: 221
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Geffrey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Caffrey Zachrey Gregrey Montrey Jakorey Zackrey Aundrey Winfrey Geofrey Decorey Rorey Autrey Averey Jeoffrey Lacorey Dontrey Joffrey Jacorey Geffery Korrey Godfrey Darey Zacharey Geffen

Sibling names for Geffrey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicolle Janeen Corinna Marlo Lashawn Shonda Jeana Jeanna

For a brother

Judd Douglass Alfonzo Edwardo Shon Brant Scot Darrick

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