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Jeffie

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jeffie has been given to 1,689 babies in the U.S. since 1881. 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 1916, with 31 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 60% girls, 40% boys all-time.

Babies named Jeffie, 1976

1 in 607,000

Jeffie over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jeffie over time

In 1986, Jeffie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18811986

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jeffie: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jeffie means

Jeffie is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Jeff, Jeffrey or other similar names, + -ie.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Jeffie (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Jeffie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,012 girls were recorded with the name Jeffie between 1881 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1916; its best national rank was #771 in 1882.

In the United States, 677 boys were recorded with the name Jeffie between 1893 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1918; its best national rank was #966 in 1893.

How common is Jeffie?

Jeffie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976
1 in 607,000
5 of 3,034,007 births
Among girls only
1 in 293,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 1976
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
420,604 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jeffie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 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 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jeffie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jeffies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jeffie was born before 1923 — so the typical Jeffie is around 102 today.

Median birth year
1923
About 102 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
22.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.8%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
93
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1920s — 22.8% of all recorded uses (231).

Is Jeffie 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
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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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1916 (31)
Years since peak
109
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#771
1882

Spellings of Jeffie

Jeffie is not the most common spelling — Jessie is, with 45.4% against Jeffie's 0.27%.

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.

Where Jeffie is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jeffie was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 33,333 girls, against 1 in 107,802 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 33,333
  2. 2Alabama1 in 100,000
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 100,000
  5. 5Georgia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jeffie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jeffie is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jeffie was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 743,860 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2Mississippi1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jeffie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jeffie by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#771
1882
Peak year
1916
31 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
1976
All-time count
1,012
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#966
1893
Peak year
1918
20 that year
First recorded
1893
Last recorded
1986
All-time count
677
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jeffie

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

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Sibling names for Jeffie

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

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