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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201941boysat 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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #37 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 103 boysAKMaine: #98 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 486 boysMEVermont: #69 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 330 boysVTNew Hampshire: #63 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 357 boysNHWashington: #21 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 107 boysWAIdaho: #23 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 126 boysIDMontana: #19 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 77 boysMTNorth Dakota: #59 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 269 boysNDMinnesota: #49 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 268 boysMNIllinois: #28 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 149 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 189 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 387 births · 1 in 129 boysMINew York: #51 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 243 boysNYMassachusetts: #99 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 854 boysMARhode Island: #96 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 824 boysRIOregon: #20 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 101 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 77 boysNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 87 boysWYSouth Dakota: #40 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 190 boysSDIowa: #24 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 136 boysIAIndiana: #21 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 98 boysINOhio: #23 for boys · 550 births · 1 in 108 boysOHPennsylvania: #37 for boys · 420 births · 1 in 193 boysPANew Jersey: #49 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 225 boysNJConnecticut: #66 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 447 boysCTCalifornia: #25 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 132 boysCAUtah: #27 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 110 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 103 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 126 boysNEMissouri: #25 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 134 boysMOKentucky: #33 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 180 boysKYWest Virginia: #27 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 135 boysWVVirginia: #48 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 218 boysVAMaryland: #63 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 337 boysMDDelaware: #56 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 242 boysDEArizona: #28 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 123 boysAZNew Mexico: #47 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 110 boysKSArkansas: #40 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 213 boysARTennessee: #29 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 151 boysTNNorth Carolina: #38 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 206 boysNCSouth Carolina: #40 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 181 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #67 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 341 boysDCOklahoma: #27 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 118 boysOKLouisiana: #59 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 249 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 287 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 225 boysALGeorgia: #29 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 135 boysGAHawaii: #83 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 327 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 172 boysTXFlorida: #34 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 171 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#19 · 1 in 77
  2. Wyoming#19 · 1 in 87
  3. Oregon#20 · 1 in 101
  4. Indiana#21 · 1 in 98
  5. Washington#21 · 1 in 107

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#19621 in 77
Wyoming#19221 in 87
Oregon#20831 in 101
Indiana#213061 in 98
Kansas#211231 in 110
Washington#211291 in 107
Idaho#23381 in 126
Ohio#235501 in 108
Iowa#241591 in 136
Nebraska#24791 in 126
California#254431 in 132
Colorado#25951 in 103
Missouri#252311 in 134
Nevada#2591 in 77
Michigan#273871 in 129
Oklahoma#271841 in 118
Utah#27531 in 110
West Virginia#271471 in 135
Arizona#28421 in 123
Illinois#284281 in 149
Georgia#292401 in 135
Tennessee#291961 in 151
Kentucky#331581 in 180
Florida#34971 in 171
Texas#343861 in 172
Wisconsin#361401 in 189
Alaska#3751 in 103
Pennsylvania#374201 in 193
North Carolina#381881 in 206
Arkansas#40931 in 213
South Carolina#401201 in 181
South Dakota#40271 in 190
Alabama#461311 in 225
New Mexico#47321 in 188
Virginia#481181 in 218
Minnesota#49921 in 268
New Jersey#491351 in 225
New York#514131 in 243
Delaware#5681 in 242
Mississippi#57771 in 287
Louisiana#59981 in 249
North Dakota#59211 in 269
Maryland#63451 in 337
New Hampshire#63101 in 357
Connecticut#66291 in 447
District of Columbia#67221 in 341
Vermont#6981 in 330
Hawaii#83121 in 327
Rhode Island#9661 in 824
Maine#98141 in 486
Massachusetts#99391 in 854

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 1941

girls
#1,610
24 births · 1 in 50,338 girls
boys
#32
6,950 births · 1 in 177 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,610Jack24

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #32Jack6,950
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 50,338 of them was named Jack, which outranked 68.3% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #1,569Vincenza25
  2. #1,569Zenobia25
  3. #1,569Zita25
  4. #1,610Jack24
  5. #1,610Alvera24
  6. #1,610Ammie24
  7. #1,610Arlena24
  8. #1,649Albertine23
  9. #1,649Ardyce23
  10. #1,649Arleta23

Tied with 38 names at #1,610; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 177 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #29Carl7,160
  2. #30Joe7,158
  3. #31Daniel7,050
  4. #32Jack6,950
  5. #33Arthur6,739
  6. #34Lawrence6,653
  7. #35Bobby6,589
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →