JEFFERY is ranked as the 315th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 218,328.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 68.47 people named JEFFERY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JEFFERY is 206,722.
The SSA data also shows that JEFFERY is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JEFFERY is
79.8% White,
2.8% Hispanic origin,
13.9% Black,
1.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JEFFERY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JEFFERY is included in the following name categories:
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JEFFERY
The state with the most people named
JEFFERY is
California where
16,005 people have this name.
Alabama is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JEFFERY, as
137.17 in every 100,000
Alabamians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Michigan.
Alabama is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Jersey
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JEFFERY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,547
81.88
99.6%
Indiana
8,528
129.27
99.4%
Iowa
2,365
76.1
98.9%
Kansas
2,405
82.82
98.4%
Michigan
10,550
106.46
99.7%
Minnesota
3,919
71.81
99.2%
Missouri
3,357
112.12
99.0%
Nebraska
1,163
61.81
97.2%
North Dakota
410
55.46
93.3%
Ohio
11,473
98.95
99.5%
South Dakota
592
69.44
94.5%
Wisconsin
5,933
103.04
99.4%
West States
State stats for the first name JEFFERY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
637
86.48
95.1%
Arizona
3,460
51.41
98.6%
California
16,005
41.25
99.6%
Colorado
4,133
77.17
99.0%
Hawaii
500
35.2
97.3%
Idaho
1,476
90.29
97.8%
Montana
620
60.54
95.3%
Nevada
1,816
63.96
98.3%
New Mexico
886
42.5
96.2%
Oregon
2,930
73.79
98.7%
Utah
3,801
129.17
99.0%
Washington
5,051
71.52
99.4%
Wyoming
298
51.08
92.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JEFFERY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
803
22.33
97.4%
Maine
530
39.82
94.8%
Massachusetts
1,253
18.57
97.7%
New Hampshire
327
24.65
94.0%
New Jersey
1,616
18.08
98.3%
New York
6,800
34.44
99.5%
Pennsylvania
5,918
46.28
99.2%
Rhode Island
219
20.73
93.6%
Vermont
235
37.54
94.7%
South States
State stats for the first name JEFFERY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JEFFERY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JEFFERY.
The most popular full name is JEFFERY Smith.
1.37% of all the people named JEFFERY
have this family name.
There are 18217 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name JEFFERY