Name meaning & stats
Jefferson
Jefferson. 20,174 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2009
20,174 US babies were named Jefferson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jefferson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Jefferson is the main spelling
- Jefferson 98%
- Jeferson 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2009)