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How popular is the name Jefferson?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jeffersons are alive today.
Jefferson (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4002nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1997, when 11 babies were given the name, the 1174th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2011, with 11 babies given the name that year.
The Jefferson you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old - or else around 30: the name has two living generations. Half of all Jeffersons born in England and Wales are between 13 and 29, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jefferson - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Jefferson.
How many babies are named Jefferson each year?
Where does Jefferson rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jefferson most popular?
Jefferson peaked in 1997, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Jefferson?
At least 250 people named Jefferson born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jefferson?
Most living Jeffersons are between 13 and 29; the most common age is about 14. There is a second cluster around 30.
Is Jefferson becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.