Jack

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #15 for boys in 2025, 8,748 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 9,568 births
Debut · boys
204 births
In top 100 · boys
114 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
756,943
since 1880

Jack over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201921boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#158,748
2024#11,1228#158,472
2023#8,05513#148,715
2022#11,2318#158,936
2021#7,25015#119,568
2020#7,55914#218,945
2019#7,71614#199,404
2018#11,4278#288,894
2017#10,6899#368,477
2016#9,41111#388,430
2015#14,4826#408,514
2014#10,9559#418,753
2013#13,1507#408,577
2012#10,42910#467,941
2011#16,7645#458,185
2010#13,4487#458,520
2009#8,45414#429,029
2008#8,10915#399,897
2007#7,73316#3810,671
2006#6,12521#3610,837
2005#9,45211#3410,906
2004#4,81627#429,580
2003#7,58014#459,318
2002#7,81613#449,000
2001#8,75811#488,149
2000#11,8017#468,125
1999#9,4799#527,385
1998#8,01611#616,376
1997#10,8367#764,984
1996#11,8076#894,245
1995#13,3865#1103,448
1994#13,4305#1272,781
1993—#1432,425
1992#9,4918#1542,070
1991#8,5889#1661,949
1990—#1661,838
1989#9,6817#1781,716
1988#6,27712#1711,655
1987#4,66017#1641,656
1986#9,5456#1751,522
1985#5,67812#1761,523
1984#7,3988#1731,483
1983#3,94919#1721,526
1982#4,94514#1661,620
1981#7,4098#1661,616
1980#5,24513#1581,627
1979#4,23117#1611,582
1978#4,07917#1561,579
1977#4,42515#1491,672
1976#4,36314#1491,662
1975#7,1737#1421,742
1974#6,2588#1491,648
1973#5,19110#1381,850
1972#3,54317#1421,899
1971#4,81011#1322,364
1970#3,71216#1292,564
1969#3,31817#1222,606
1968#3,78913#1102,692
1967#3,65613#1122,782
1966#4,4939#1072,964
1965#2,60522#1043,199
1964#3,69213#993,809
1963#3,45814#1023,814
1962#3,43814#994,170
1961#3,06017#904,639
1960#3,21215#854,918
1959#2,98016#855,015
1958#3,54312#805,301
1957#3,15014#676,024
1956#3,18614#666,051
1955#2,83916#606,200
1954#2,51919#576,475
1953#2,81215#576,540
1952#3,7969#526,937
1951#2,39118#487,004
1950#2,65215#486,840
1949#2,13421#477,128
1948#2,70114#437,612
1947#2,04523#378,507
1946#2,02421#357,801
1945#1,99318#326,857
1944#1,86721#307,253
1943#1,70325#347,398
1942#1,76023#347,365
1941#1,61024#326,950
1940#1,79220#297,048
1939#1,30832#267,306
1938#1,18238#258,144
1937#1,45126#238,194
1936#1,64021#208,857
1935#1,10140#189,438
1934#1,06243#179,985
1933#93753#179,838
1932#98951#1710,716
1931#72885#1511,488
1930#74488#1412,430
1929#77781#1412,167
1928#72196#1512,494
1927#80082#1612,802
1926#79084#1612,195
1925#75895#1712,011
1924#86475#1711,921
1923#94161#1711,190
1922#90665#1810,847
1921#96459#1810,757
1920#93960#209,599
1919#95455#218,263
1918#1,18440#218,341
1917#98650#226,875
1916#1,05943#266,161
1915#1,11537#275,749
1914#1,34422#274,485
1913#1,30819#283,538
1912#1,17820#282,870
1911#1,54510#251,668
1910#1,17115#231,576
1909—#271,150
1908#1,8626#271,086
1907#1,8216#261,019
1906#1,7276#30880
1905#1,6966#28907
1904#1,3648#27908
1903—#28831
1902#1,13310#32743
1901—#32645
1900#1,9325#271,053
1899#1,1818#35582
1898—#37633
1897—#42497
1896#1,5835#40539
1895#1,4266#46479
1894—#47441
1893—#50405
1892—#54401
1891—#62290
1890#1,3385#53368
1889#1,2795#60322
1888—#64329
1887—#68251
1886—#64299
1885—#61295
1884—#68274
1883—#65242
1882—#66271
1881—#73197
1880—#77204
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Jack was already there! It came in at #77, and was given to 204 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 300 boys a year got the name.

Where Jack is popular in 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedAKMaine: #195 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,250 boysMEVermont: #84 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 357 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNHWashington: #9 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 44 boysWAIdaho: #6 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 43 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 45 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 207 boysNDMinnesota: #49 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 172 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 586 births · 1 in 96 boysILWisconsin: #42 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 156 boysWIMichigan: #14 for boys · 522 births · 1 in 68 boysMINew York: #29 for boys · 786 births · 1 in 118 boysNYMassachusetts: #88 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 610 boysMARhode Island: #109 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 771 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 44 boysORNevada: #8 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 26 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 40 boysWYSouth Dakota: #34 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 125 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 80 boysIAIndiana: #15 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 77 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 704 births · 1 in 74 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 679 births · 1 in 131 boysPANew Jersey: #35 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 157 boysNJConnecticut: #52 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 242 boysCTCalifornia: #7 for boys · 650 births · 1 in 44 boysCAUtah: #5 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 40 boysUTColorado: #12 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 59 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 62 boysNEMissouri: #16 for boys · 357 births · 1 in 82 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 130 boysKYWest Virginia: #17 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 89 boysWVVirginia: #34 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 159 boysVAMaryland: #48 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 210 boysMDDelaware: #32 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 151 boysDEArizona: #14 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 77 boysAZNew Mexico: #14 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 80 boysNMKansas: #10 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 60 boysKSArkansas: #13 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 95 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 113 boysTNNorth Carolina: #25 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 133 boysNCSouth Carolina: #30 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 153 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 129 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 576 births · 1 in 40 boysOKLouisiana: #34 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 153 boysLAMississippi: #20 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 112 boysMSAlabama: #19 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 124 boysALGeorgia: #16 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 105 boysGAHawaii: #77 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 256 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 768 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 78 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#5 · 1 in 40
  2. Oklahoma#5 · 1 in 40
  3. Idaho#6 · 1 in 43
  4. California#7 · 1 in 44
  5. Nevada#8 · 1 in 26

Best ever in a state: #1 in Wyoming, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#55761 in 40
Utah#51271 in 40
Idaho#6981 in 43
California#76501 in 44
Nevada#8121 in 26
Texas#87681 in 68
Wyoming#8421 in 40
Montana#91031 in 45
Oregon#91351 in 44
Washington#92291 in 44
Kansas#102711 in 60
Colorado#121501 in 59
Nebraska#122001 in 62
Arkansas#131881 in 95
Arizona#14441 in 77
Florida#141301 in 78
Iowa#142721 in 80
Michigan#145221 in 68
New Mexico#14481 in 80
Indiana#153321 in 77
Ohio#157041 in 74
Georgia#162981 in 105
Missouri#163571 in 82
West Virginia#171901 in 89
Alabama#192111 in 124
Illinois#205861 in 96
Mississippi#201671 in 112
Tennessee#202191 in 113
Kentucky#242031 in 130
North Carolina#252511 in 133
Pennsylvania#286791 in 131
New York#297861 in 118
South Carolina#301331 in 153
Delaware#32111 in 151
District of Columbia#34241 in 129
Louisiana#341241 in 153
South Dakota#34511 in 125
Virginia#341551 in 159
New Jersey#351891 in 157
Wisconsin#421541 in 156
Maryland#48641 in 210
Minnesota#491281 in 172
Connecticut#52531 in 242
North Dakota#63321 in 207
Hawaii#77101 in 256
Vermont#8471 in 357
Massachusetts#88561 in 610
Rhode Island#10971 in 771
Maine#19551 in 1,250
Alaska———
New Hampshire———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jack
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • Held #15 since 2024
  • 6 spots since 2020 (#21 → #15)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#40 → #15)
  • Biggest jump: 21 spots in 1996 (#110 → #89)
  • Biggest drop: 13 spots in 1958 (#67 → #80)
Rise & fade · boys
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #11 (9,568 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 114 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 114 yrs · run 1880–1962
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 88
  • Highest: 1 in 88 boys born in 1927 were named Jack (1.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 195 boys born in 2025 (0.51%)
  • Its best rank, #11 in 2021, was only 1 in 183 (0.55%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.3% of all boys named Jack (115,983) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #14 (1930) → #178 (1989) → #11 (2021)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,684#60 (1889)#67
1890s4,635#35 (1899)#47
1900s9,222#26 (1907)#28
1910s49,526#21 (1918)#25
1920s115,983#14 (1929)#17
1930s96,396#14 (1930)#19
1940s73,919#29 (1940)#35
1950s62,387#48 (1951)#62
1960s35,593#85 (1960)#103
1970s18,562#129 (1970)#145
1980s15,944#158 (1980)#170
1990s37,501#52 (1999)#114
2000s95,512#34 (2005)#41
2010s85,695#19 (2019)#38
2020s53,384#11 (2021)#15

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jack in 1921

girls
#964
59 births · 1 in 20,899 girls
boys
#18
10,757 births · 1 in 102 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #964Jack59

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #18Jack10,757
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 20,899 of them was named Jack, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #955Laurette60
  2. #955Paul60
  3. #955Susanne60
  4. #964Jack59
  5. #964Antionette59
  6. #964Kathern59
  7. #964Lynn59
  8. #969Albertine58
  9. #969Audie58
  10. #969Burnice58

Tied with 4 names at #964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 102 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #15Walter13,004
  2. #16Raymond12,645
  3. #17Henry11,411
  4. #18Jack10,757
  5. #19Arthur10,527
  6. #20Albert10,158
  7. #21Harry9,731
Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →