Jefferson is an established boys' name that peaked in 2009 and remains in steady use.
Jefferson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #831 for boy births in the United States (and #1,698 across all names), given to 298 babies. Jefferson first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2009 (444 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 298 | 298 | #831 |
| 2024 | 375 | 375 | #710 |
| 2023 | 339 | 339 | #762 |
| 2022 | 332 | 332 | #761 |
| 2021 | 357 | 357 | #724 |
| 2020 | 357 | 357 | #706 |
| 2019 | 326 | 326 | #740 |
| 2018 | 364 | 364 | #681 |
| 2017 | 353 | 353 | #698 |
| 2016 | 432 | 432 | #620 |
| 2015 | 378 | 378 | #672 |
| 2014 | 439 | 439 | #609 |
| 2013 | 414 | 414 | #610 |
| 2012 | 394 | 394 | #617 |
| 2011 | 326 | 326 | #703 |
| 2010 | 363 | 363 | #662 |
| 2009 | 444 | 444 | #589 |
| 2008 | 419 | 419 | #600 |
| 2007 | 417 | 417 | #602 |
| 2006 | 359 | 359 | #646 |
| 2005 | 348 | 348 | #630 |
| 2004 | 310 | 310 | #660 |
| 2003 | 249 | 249 | #731 |
| 2002 | 254 | 254 | #706 |
| 2001 | 225 | 231 | #763 |
| 2000 | 243 | 243 | #717 |
| 1999 | 287 | 287 | #628 |
| 1998 | 227 | 227 | #724 |
| 1997 | 236 | — | #684 |
| 1996 | 236 | — | #691 |
| 1995 | 242 | — | #682 |
| 1994 | 225 | — | #695 |
| 1993 | 266 | — | #633 |
| 1992 | 209 | — | #713 |
| 1991 | 224 | — | #678 |
| 1990 | 207 | — | #707 |
| 1989 | 186 | — | #726 |
| 1988 | 170 | — | #722 |
| 1987 | 145 | — | #761 |
| 1986 | 153 | — | #732 |
| 1985 | 170 | — | #682 |
| 1984 | 159 | — | #691 |
| 1983 | 139 | — | #733 |
| 1982 | 158 | — | #691 |
| 1981 | 182 | — | #632 |
| 1980 | 176 | — | #657 |
| 1979 | 175 | — | #645 |
| 1978 | 164 | — | #655 |
| 1977 | 161 | — | #666 |
| 1976 | 194 | — | #587 |
| 1975 | 177 | — | #614 |
| 1974 | 234 | — | #516 |
| 1973 | 285 | — | #463 |
| 1972 | 233 | — | #515 |
| 1971 | 266 | — | #498 |
| 1970 | 276 | — | #488 |
| 1969 | 246 | — | #493 |
| 1968 | 214 | — | #518 |
| 1967 | 208 | — | #519 |
| 1966 | 186 | — | #559 |
| 1965 | 171 | — | #585 |
| 1964 | 205 | — | #552 |
| 1963 | 177 | — | #590 |
| 1962 | 214 | — | #543 |
| 1961 | 223 | — | #531 |
| 1960 | 173 | — | #597 |
| 1959 | 234 | — | #514 |
| 1958 | 192 | — | #557 |
| 1957 | 160 | — | #606 |
| 1956 | 160 | — | #602 |
| 1955 | 196 | — | #522 |
| 1954 | 178 | — | #548 |
| 1953 | 155 | — | #578 |
| 1952 | 154 | — | #565 |
| 1951 | 162 | — | #532 |
| 1950 | 147 | — | #559 |
| 1949 | 133 | — | #588 |
| 1948 | 123 | — | #614 |
| 1947 | 137 | — | #581 |
| 1946 | 120 | — | #587 |
| 1945 | 105 | — | #595 |
| 1944 | 119 | — | #556 |
| 1943 | 98 | — | #644 |
| 1942 | 101 | — | #634 |
| 1941 | 104 | — | #581 |
| 1940 | 102 | — | #586 |
| 1939 | 88 | — | #624 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | #789 |
| 1937 | 73 | — | #703 |
| 1936 | 67 | — | #739 |
| 1935 | 101 | — | #578 |
| 1934 | 105 | — | #577 |
| 1933 | 86 | — | #626 |
| 1932 | 119 | — | #539 |
| 1931 | 108 | — | #567 |
| 1930 | 100 | — | #617 |
| 1929 | 94 | — | #631 |
| 1928 | 109 | — | #593 |
| 1927 | 129 | — | #546 |
| 1926 | 142 | — | #510 |
| 1925 | 143 | — | #510 |
| 1924 | 177 | — | #462 |
| 1923 | 159 | — | #483 |
| 1922 | 160 | — | #491 |
| 1921 | 162 | — | #483 |
| 1920 | 154 | — | #488 |
| 1919 | 146 | — | #493 |
| 1918 | 149 | — | #489 |
| 1917 | 152 | — | #463 |
| 1916 | 109 | — | #548 |
| 1915 | 150 | — | #447 |
| 1914 | 105 | — | #473 |
| 1913 | 92 | — | #449 |
| 1912 | 64 | — | #498 |
| 1911 | 47 | — | #421 |
| 1910 | 25 | — | #575 |
| 1909 | 24 | — | #537 |
| 1908 | 25 | — | #506 |
| 1907 | 32 | — | #400 |
| 1906 | 25 | — | #448 |
| 1905 | 22 | — | #486 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | #473 |
| 1903 | 20 | — | #477 |
| 1902 | 24 | — | #421 |
| 1901 | 27 | — | #354 |
| 1900 | 24 | — | #475 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | #638 |
| 1898 | 38 | — | #313 |
| 1897 | 17 | — | #486 |
| 1896 | 23 | — | #411 |
| 1895 | 28 | — | #351 |
| 1894 | 30 | — | #325 |
| 1893 | 25 | — | #364 |
| 1892 | 40 | — | #291 |
| 1891 | 40 | — | #253 |
| 1890 | 39 | — | #275 |
| 1889 | 39 | — | #269 |
| 1888 | 33 | — | #313 |
| 1887 | 32 | — | #296 |
| 1886 | 34 | — | #296 |
| 1885 | 38 | — | #269 |
| 1884 | 39 | — | #274 |
| 1883 | 32 | — | #291 |
| 1882 | 34 | — | #296 |
| 1881 | 31 | — | #287 |
| 1880 | 43 | — | #255 |