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Baby name

Jeff

Boy

Origin of the name

Jeff is a short form of Jeffrey.

Short-lived name

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1961 was its best year: 9,463 births, or 1 baby in 438. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. Its rank in 2025: No. 3313. 52% of all babies named Jeff since 1880 were born in the 1960s.
120,239births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 49rank at its peak, in 1961

Where babies named Jeff are born

1961

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The darker the blue, the more common Jeff is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Jeff is most common in Oregon (2 times), Iowa (2) and Washington (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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