Joffrey

Boys' name

Form of Geoffrey

Joffrey has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 1969. 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 1990, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Joffrey, 1991

1 in 556,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Joffrey: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Geoffrey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Joffrey means

Joffrey is a form of Geoffrey.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Joffrey is used in French.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʒɔ.fʁɛ/ for Joffrey.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Joffrey → Geoffrey. The family’s proposed meaning is “peace, sanctuary”, recorded in English with the source elements friþuz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Geoffrey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 boys were recorded with the name Joffrey between 1969 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1990; its best national rank was #4,364 in 1984.

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 Joffrey?

Joffrey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991: 1 in 556,000; 7 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 288,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 385,483 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Joffrey 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 1991 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 385,483 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Joffrey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Joffreys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Joffrey was born before 1984 — so the typical Joffrey is around 41 today.

Median birth year: 1984; About 41 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 77; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Joffrey 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 1990 (10)
Years since peak: 35; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,364; 1984

Spellings of Joffrey

Joffrey is not the most common spelling — Jeffrey is, with 92.6% against Joffrey's <0.01%.

Jeffrey92.6%979,601
Geoffrey5.1%54,394
Jeffry1.5%15,400
Jefferey0.38%3,973
Godfrey0.31%3,245
Jefrey0.07%767
Joffrey<0.01%77

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.

Joffrey around the world

Where Joffrey 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
1965–2020
#5,569
in 2020
Canada
1993–1995
#1,710
in 1995
South Australia
1965–1965
#574
in 1965

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

Joffrey 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: #4,364; 1984
Peak year: 1990; 10 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 77
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Joffrey

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

Caffrey Dontrey Lacorey Jofiel Joffre Decorey Zacorey Geofrey Winfrey Landrey Jecorey Zackrey Jakorey Gregorey Rorey Zackarey Tacorey Deontrey Frey Zachrey Effrey Geffrey Gregrey Korrey

Sibling names for Joffrey

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

Kacy Kortney Mai Shante Kathryne Brittni Kristian Stefani

For a brother

Laron Dejuan Antwon Akeem Tyron Shay Elizabeth Kelsey

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