Rising since 2016, #5,045 for boys today.
Popularity of Yeferson since 2009
Babies named Yeferson per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 5 |
| 2010s | 12 |
| 2020s | 118 |
Meaning & origin
Yeferson is a modern American coinage, first recorded in 2009. It follows the popular pattern of creating surnames from given names, using the suffix -son to mean 'son of Yefri,' itself a Hispanic spelling variant of Jeffrey. The name has been steadily rising since 2016, reaching a peak rank of 5045 in 2025, with about 1 in nearly 90,000 baby boys receiving the name that year. It is most common in states with large Hispanic populations, though its top states are not listed. Yeferson reflects a broader trend of inventive, patronymic names in contemporary American naming culture.
Yeferson is a modern patronymic invented by adding the suffix -son to the given name Yefri, a Hispanic-influenced spelling variant of Jeffrey (from Germanic Godfrey). The name appears in U.S. records from 2009 onward, reflecting a pattern of creating distinctive surnames-as-first-names with a Southern and Latin American flair.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Yef, Yefi
Sibling names for Yeferson
Names that share Yeferson's style, for a brother or sister.
