Boy
Jeff
As a boy's name, Jeff traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Germanic, peace of the district or traveler". It was at its most popular in the 1960s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. In total, about 118,798 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
EtymologyShort for Jeffrey/Geoffrey
GermanicGermanic – "peace of the district" or "traveler"
Births by decade
1900s
605
1910s
1,532
1920s
1,872
1930s
1,526
1940s
5,911
1950s
24,956
1960s
62,235
1970s
12,299
1980s
3,809
1990s
1,890
2000s
1,515
2010s
648
Peaked in the 1960s · 118,798 total U.S. births since 1900