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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201934boysat 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 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #19 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 42 boysAKMaine: #101 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 482 boysMEVermont: #73 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 332 boysVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNHWashington: #8 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 46 boysWAIdaho: #13 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 61 boysIDMontana: #12 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 62 boysMTNorth Dakota: #37 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 134 boysNDMinnesota: #29 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 148 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 688 births · 1 in 74 boysILWisconsin: #22 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 116 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 516 births · 1 in 72 boysMINew York: #37 for boys · 532 births · 1 in 157 boysNYMassachusetts: #73 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 579 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedRIOregon: #11 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 47 boysORNevada: #7 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 25 boysNVWyoming: #8 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 38 boysWYSouth Dakota: #21 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 92 boysSDIowa: #11 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 62 boysIAIndiana: #8 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 48 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 704 births · 1 in 65 boysOHPennsylvania: #22 for boys · 632 births · 1 in 112 boysPANew Jersey: #38 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 187 boysNJConnecticut: #53 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 282 boysCTCalifornia: #12 for boys · 486 births · 1 in 73 boysCAUtah: #11 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 67 boysUTColorado: #10 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 66 boysCONebraska: #13 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 69 boysNEMissouri: #15 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 78 boysMOKentucky: #18 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 105 boysKYWest Virginia: #12 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 68 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 123 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 171 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedDEArizona: #19 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 90 boysAZNew Mexico: #37 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 154 boysNMKansas: #9 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 63 boysKSArkansas: #22 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 120 boysARTennessee: #18 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 97 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 103 boysNCSouth Carolina: #21 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 104 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #38 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 165 boysDCOklahoma: #12 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 71 boysOKLouisiana: #35 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 174 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 145 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 115 boysALGeorgia: #14 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 88 boysGAHawaii: #74 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 342 boysHITexas: #19 for boys · 489 births · 1 in 119 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 99 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#7 · 1 in 25
  2. Wyoming#8 · 1 in 38
  3. Washington#8 · 1 in 46
  4. Indiana#8 · 1 in 48
  5. Kansas#9 · 1 in 63

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#7171 in 25
Indiana#84761 in 48
Washington#82091 in 46
Wyoming#8401 in 38
Kansas#92171 in 63
Colorado#101231 in 66
Iowa#113051 in 62
Oregon#111131 in 47
Utah#11711 in 67
California#124861 in 73
Montana#12631 in 62
Oklahoma#123201 in 71
West Virginia#122641 in 68
Idaho#13611 in 61
Nebraska#131551 in 69
Georgia#143271 in 88
Ohio#147041 in 65
Illinois#156881 in 74
Missouri#153531 in 78
Michigan#165161 in 72
Florida#181181 in 99
Kentucky#182531 in 105
Tennessee#182651 in 97
Alaska#1971 in 42
Arizona#19421 in 90
North Carolina#193351 in 103
Texas#194891 in 119
Alabama#212411 in 115
South Carolina#211861 in 104
South Dakota#21581 in 92
Arkansas#221511 in 120
Pennsylvania#226321 in 112
Wisconsin#221991 in 116
Mississippi#251351 in 145
Virginia#271781 in 123
Minnesota#291351 in 148
Louisiana#351091 in 174
Maryland#37661 in 171
New Mexico#37311 in 154
New York#375321 in 157
North Dakota#37441 in 134
District of Columbia#38231 in 165
New Jersey#381281 in 187
Connecticut#53341 in 282
Massachusetts#73491 in 579
Vermont#7371 in 332
Hawaii#7491 in 342
Maine#101131 in 482
Delaware———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———

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 1934

girls
#1,062
43 births · 1 in 24,284 girls
boys
#17
9,985 births · 1 in 103 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #1,062Jack43

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #17Jack9,985
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 24,284 of them was named Jack, which outranked 78.6% of the 4,973 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. #1,047Ivory44
  2. #1,047Louis44
  3. #1,047Mandy44
  4. #1,062Jack43
  5. #1,062Albina43
  6. #1,062Amparo43
  7. #1,062Jacqulyn43
  8. #1,079Annabel42
  9. #1,079Arden42
  10. #1,079Charlsie42

Tied with 16 names at #1,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 103 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #14Paul12,196
  2. #15Kenneth11,800
  3. #16Frank10,640
  4. #17Jack9,985
  5. #18Harold9,926
  6. #19Raymond9,588
  7. #20Billy9,562
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934 →