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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201926boysat 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 1926

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedAKMaine: #121 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 674 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 37 boysWAIdaho: #6 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 42 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 54 boysMTNorth Dakota: #56 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 186 boysNDMinnesota: #34 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 144 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 741 births · 1 in 78 boysILWisconsin: #33 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 138 boysWIMichigan: #12 for boys · 679 births · 1 in 60 boysMINew York: #30 for boys · 788 births · 1 in 122 boysNYMassachusetts: #87 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 605 boysMARhode Island: #103 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 760 boysRIOregon: #7 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 42 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 38 boysWYSouth Dakota: #25 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 115 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 72 boysIAIndiana: #10 for boys · 495 births · 1 in 52 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 856 births · 1 in 62 boysOHPennsylvania: #23 for boys · 769 births · 1 in 113 boysPANew Jersey: #35 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 157 boysNJConnecticut: #46 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 231 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 670 births · 1 in 55 boysCAUtah: #7 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 46 boysUTColorado: #9 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 51 boysCONebraska: #10 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 56 boysNEMissouri: #14 for boys · 409 births · 1 in 72 boysMOKentucky: #13 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 91 boysKYWest Virginia: #10 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 65 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 116 boysVAMaryland: #34 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 152 boysMDDelaware: #38 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 167 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 73 boysAZNew Mexico: #22 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 106 boysNMKansas: #11 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 58 boysKSArkansas: #11 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 84 boysARTennessee: #11 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 79 boysTNNorth Carolina: #14 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 86 boysNCSouth Carolina: #17 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 102 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #28 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 125 boysDCOklahoma: #7 for boys · 539 births · 1 in 42 boysOKLouisiana: #25 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 134 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 133 boysMSAlabama: #15 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 95 boysALGeorgia: #13 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 83 boysGAHawaii: #89 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 313 boysHITexas: #10 for boys · 728 births · 1 in 75 boysTXFlorida: #13 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 71 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#6 · 1 in 42
  2. Oklahoma#7 · 1 in 42
  3. Oregon#7 · 1 in 42
  4. Utah#7 · 1 in 46
  5. Washington#8 · 1 in 37

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#6861 in 42
Oklahoma#75391 in 42
Oregon#71371 in 42
Utah#71051 in 46
Washington#82531 in 37
Wyoming#8391 in 38
Colorado#91581 in 51
California#106701 in 55
Indiana#104951 in 52
Montana#10701 in 54
Nebraska#102081 in 56
Texas#107281 in 75
West Virginia#102721 in 65
Arkansas#112181 in 84
Kansas#112631 in 58
Tennessee#113051 in 79
Michigan#126791 in 60
Florida#132161 in 71
Georgia#133271 in 83
Iowa#132781 in 72
Kentucky#132821 in 91
Missouri#144091 in 72
North Carolina#143931 in 86
Ohio#148561 in 62
Alabama#152891 in 95
Arizona#15521 in 73
Illinois#157411 in 78
South Carolina#171791 in 102
Virginia#181911 in 116
New Mexico#22351 in 106
Pennsylvania#237691 in 113
Mississippi#241521 in 133
Louisiana#251481 in 134
South Dakota#25511 in 115
District of Columbia#28271 in 125
New York#307881 in 122
Wisconsin#331721 in 138
Maryland#34861 in 152
Minnesota#341491 in 144
New Jersey#351911 in 157
Delaware#3891 in 167
Connecticut#46511 in 231
North Dakota#56341 in 186
Massachusetts#87561 in 605
Hawaii#89101 in 313
Rhode Island#10371 in 760
Maine#12191 in 674
Alaska———
Nevada———
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 1926

girls
#790
84 births · 1 in 14,112 girls
boys
#16
12,195 births · 1 in 91 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #790Jack84

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #16Jack12,195
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 14,112 of them was named Jack, which outranked 85.9% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #783Jeraldine85
  2. #783Leonor85
  3. #783Rosamond85
  4. #790Jack84
  5. #790Blossom84
  6. #790Cathrine84
  7. #790Darline84
  8. #796Meredith83
  9. #796Norene83
  10. #796Rosia83

Tied with 5 names at #790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
  2. ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
  3. ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
  4. ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
  5. ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Fallers
  1. ↓ 597Albertine#944 → #1,541
  2. ↓ 462Cleora#895 → #1,357
  3. ↓ 461Lorrayne#988 → #1,449
  4. ↓ 453Hermina#996 → #1,449
  5. ↓ 307Ethelene#913 → #1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 91 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #13Paul13,653
  2. #14Harold13,310
  3. #15Raymond12,809
  4. #16Jack12,195
  5. #17Walter11,774
  6. #18Kenneth10,342
  7. #19Henry9,994
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. ↑ 477Jonnie#1,332 → #855
  2. ↑ 433Jorge#1,425 → #992
  3. ↑ 410Faustino#1,390 → #980
  4. ↑ 404Adelbert#1,246 → #842
  5. ↑ 381Cameron#1,164 → #783
Fallers
  1. ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
  2. ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
  3. ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
  5. ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926 →