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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201922boysat 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 1922

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #20 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 51 boysAKMaine: #137 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 690 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNHWashington: #8 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 38 boysWAIdaho: #8 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 47 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 49 boysMTNorth Dakota: #63 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 195 boysNDMinnesota: #46 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 155 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 589 births · 1 in 94 boysILWisconsin: #38 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 154 boysWIMichigan: #13 for boys · 519 births · 1 in 67 boysMINew York: #28 for boys · 809 births · 1 in 115 boysNYMassachusetts: #95 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 723 boysMARhode Island: #108 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 743 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 40 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 22 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 37 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 159 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 79 boysIAIndiana: #14 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 70 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 707 births · 1 in 71 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 678 births · 1 in 128 boysPANew Jersey: #39 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 173 boysNJConnecticut: #51 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 214 boysCTCalifornia: #9 for boys · 674 births · 1 in 45 boysCAUtah: #7 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 50 boysUTColorado: #11 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 59 boysCONebraska: #13 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 71 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 85 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 122 boysKYWest Virginia: #13 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 79 boysWVVirginia: #33 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 163 boysVAMaryland: #43 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 200 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedDEArizona: #12 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 65 boysAZNew Mexico: #20 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 101 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 62 boysKSArkansas: #13 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 95 boysARTennessee: #17 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 102 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 120 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 145 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 118 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 683 births · 1 in 32 boysOKLouisiana: #31 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 166 boysLAMississippi: #26 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 149 boysMSAlabama: #16 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 106 boysALGeorgia: #14 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 89 boysGAHawaii: #61 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 212 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 708 births · 1 in 74 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 100 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#5 · 1 in 32
  2. Utah#7 · 1 in 50
  3. Wyoming#8 · 1 in 37
  4. Washington#8 · 1 in 38
  5. Idaho#8 · 1 in 47

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#56831 in 32
Utah#7921 in 50
Idaho#8801 in 47
Texas#87081 in 74
Washington#82531 in 38
Wyoming#8471 in 37
California#96741 in 45
Montana#9911 in 49
Oregon#91441 in 40
Nevada#10121 in 22
Colorado#111481 in 59
Kansas#112561 in 62
Arizona#12501 in 65
Arkansas#131871 in 95
Iowa#132641 in 79
Michigan#135191 in 67
Nebraska#131691 in 71
West Virginia#132111 in 79
Georgia#143451 in 89
Indiana#143561 in 70
Ohio#147071 in 71
Missouri#153331 in 85
Alabama#162531 in 106
Tennessee#172421 in 102
Florida#181041 in 100
Alaska#2051 in 51
Illinois#205891 in 94
New Mexico#20401 in 101
North Carolina#212841 in 120
Kentucky#222131 in 122
District of Columbia#25271 in 118
Mississippi#261291 in 149
Pennsylvania#276781 in 128
New York#288091 in 115
South Carolina#281441 in 145
Louisiana#311191 in 166
Virginia#331481 in 163
Wisconsin#381511 in 154
New Jersey#391671 in 173
South Dakota#42391 in 159
Maryland#43631 in 200
Minnesota#461451 in 155
Connecticut#51561 in 214
Hawaii#61131 in 212
North Dakota#63321 in 195
Massachusetts#95461 in 723
Rhode Island#10871 in 743
Maine#13791 in 690
Delaware———
New Hampshire———
Vermont———

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 1922

girls
#906
65 births · 1 in 18,477 girls
boys
#18
10,847 births · 1 in 100 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #906Jack65

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #18Jack10,847
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 18,477 of them was named Jack, which outranked 84.3% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #897Myrle66
  2. #897Olene66
  3. #897Venita66
  4. #906Jack65
  5. #906Bobby65
  6. #906Ceola65
  7. #906Dana65
  8. #917Burnice64
  9. #917Dimple64
  10. #917Gerry64

Tied with 10 names at #906; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 626Lilia#1,543 → #917
  2. ↑ 573Leatrice#1,258 → #685
  3. ↑ 412Phylis#1,409 → #997
  4. ↑ 352Darleen#1,258 → #906
  5. ↑ 295Madlyn#1,136 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Erlene#946 → #1,464
  2. ↓ 390Exie#879 → #1,269
  3. ↓ 327Arlyne#905 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 288Toby#964 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 265Rochelle#987 → #1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 100 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #15Walter12,631
  2. #16Raymond12,129
  3. #17Henry11,207
  4. #18Jack10,847
  5. #19Arthur10,114
  6. #20Albert9,896
  7. #21Kenneth9,258
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Desmond#1,360 → #840
  2. ↑ 504Gorden#1,226 → #722
  3. ↑ 418Jackie#1,140 → #722
  4. ↑ 417Daryl#843 → #426
  5. ↑ 361Brown#1,360 → #999
Fallers
  1. ↓ 600Adolf#991 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 508Nello#962 → #1,470
  3. ↓ 439Newman#843 → #1,282
  4. ↓ 394Marcos#939 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 343Porfirio#939 → #1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922 →