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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201923boysat 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 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 31 boysAKMaine: #123 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 620 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNHWashington: #7 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 34 boysWAIdaho: #6 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 37 boysIDMontana: #8 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 45 boysMTNorth Dakota: #46 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 149 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 139 boysMNIllinois: #20 for boys · 596 births · 1 in 96 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 153 boysWIMichigan: #13 for boys · 557 births · 1 in 65 boysMINew York: #29 for boys · 760 births · 1 in 124 boysNYMassachusetts: #92 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 703 boysMARhode Island: #102 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 654 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 42 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 52 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 36 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 143 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 79 boysIAIndiana: #12 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 64 boysINOhio: #16 for boys · 731 births · 1 in 71 boysOHPennsylvania: #27 for boys · 671 births · 1 in 132 boysPANew Jersey: #38 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 174 boysNJConnecticut: #63 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 361 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 655 births · 1 in 52 boysCAUtah: #4 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 40 boysUTColorado: #13 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 60 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 69 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 76 boysMOKentucky: #20 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 110 boysKYWest Virginia: #18 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 88 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 172 boysVAMaryland: #48 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 211 boysMDDelaware: #49 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 217 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 60 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 93 boysNMKansas: #9 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 53 boysKSArkansas: #9 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 78 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 94 boysTNNorth Carolina: #17 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 107 boysNCSouth Carolina: #25 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 127 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 110 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 34 boysOKLouisiana: #36 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 176 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 124 boysMSAlabama: #17 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 119 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 87 boysGAHawaii: #38 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 149 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 770 births · 1 in 68 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 87 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#4 · 1 in 40
  2. Oklahoma#5 · 1 in 34
  3. Idaho#6 · 1 in 37
  4. Washington#7 · 1 in 34
  5. Wyoming#8 · 1 in 36

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#41221 in 40
Oklahoma#56541 in 34
Idaho#6971 in 37
Washington#72841 in 34
Montana#8941 in 45
Texas#87701 in 68
Wyoming#8461 in 36
Alaska#981 in 31
Arkansas#92271 in 78
Kansas#93101 in 53
Oregon#91351 in 42
California#106551 in 52
Arizona#11571 in 60
Indiana#124041 in 64
Nebraska#121751 in 69
Colorado#131451 in 60
Georgia#133241 in 87
Iowa#132631 in 79
Michigan#135571 in 65
Missouri#153831 in 76
Florida#161171 in 87
New Mexico#16431 in 93
Ohio#167311 in 71
Tennessee#162571 in 94
Alabama#172151 in 119
North Carolina#173121 in 107
West Virginia#181961 in 88
Illinois#205961 in 96
Kentucky#202341 in 110
Nevada#2061 in 52
Mississippi#221511 in 124
South Carolina#251551 in 127
District of Columbia#26291 in 110
Pennsylvania#276711 in 132
New York#297601 in 124
Louisiana#361081 in 176
Virginia#361391 in 172
Minnesota#371601 in 139
Hawaii#38191 in 149
New Jersey#381701 in 174
Wisconsin#391551 in 153
South Dakota#42431 in 143
North Dakota#46401 in 149
Maryland#48611 in 211
Delaware#4971 in 217
Connecticut#63331 in 361
Massachusetts#92491 in 703
Rhode Island#10281 in 654
Maine#123101 in 620
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 1923

girls
#941
61 births · 1 in 19,776 girls
boys
#17
11,190 births · 1 in 98 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #941Jack61

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #17Jack11,190
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 19,776 of them was named Jack, which outranked 83.6% of the 5,739 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. #928Myrl62
  2. #928Sidney62
  3. #928Zenobia62
  4. #941Jack61
  5. #941Ardath61
  6. #941Clemmie61
  7. #941Elenor61
  8. #953Aida60
  9. #953Bernardine60
  10. #953Bridget60

Tied with 11 names at #941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 98 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #14Paul13,362
  2. #15Raymond12,460
  3. #16Walter12,433
  4. #17Jack11,190
  5. #18Henry11,067
  6. #19Arthur9,924
  7. #20Albert9,825
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →