Jefferson

Meaning: Son of Jeffrey
Origin: English

Boy's name · #831 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Jefferson is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1891, when it ranked #253. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 24,000 boys since 1880, ranked #831 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 24 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#130 in Ecuador (2025) · #956 in Mexico (2024) · #2,580 in France (2025) · #3,022 in Canada (2024).

Famous Jeffersons

Jefferson Davis — President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889)
Jefferson Farfán — Peruvian association football player
Jefferson — Brazilian association football player
Jefferson Lerma — Colombian association football player
Jefferson Montero — Ecuadorian association football player

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 55,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Thomas Jefferson — President of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
Richard Jefferson — American basketball player
Martha Jefferson — First lady of Virginia, wife of Thomas Jefferson (1748–1782)

In stories & tradition

Jefferson (Black Lightning) — Injustice 2 (video game)
Jefferson Keane — Oz (TV series)
Jefferson Davis^es — Spider-Man (video game)

What Jeffersons become

Among 292 notable people named Jefferson:

Sports figures appear 2.19× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian association football player.

Similar names: Elmer · Jeffery · Junior · Anderson · Edison · Edson

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