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Jefferson

Boy · English

Jefferson

Say it: JEF-er-sun

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Meaning

English surname meaning 'son of Geoffrey'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Given in honour of Thomas Jefferson from the early 19th century.

Its wave through time

Timeless: in steady use for over a century

In the United States

01020304018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1891per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 22,730 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1880, about 1 in 2,600 boys
  • 352 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
  2. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  3. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

American

Famous bearers

  • Jefferson Davis, Confederate president

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Where this comes from

  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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