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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201943boysat 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 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #23 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 71 boysAKMaine: #130 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 803 boysMEVermont: #67 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 295 boysVTNew Hampshire: #63 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 345 boysNHWashington: #26 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 122 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 78 boysIDMontana: #22 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 102 boysMTNorth Dakota: #43 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 195 boysNDMinnesota: #54 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 289 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 168 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 202 boysWIMichigan: #28 for boys · 428 births · 1 in 137 boysMINew York: #55 for boys · 438 births · 1 in 273 boysNYMassachusetts: #89 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 758 boysMARhode Island: #86 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 636 boysRIOregon: #20 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 105 boysORNevada: #14 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 52 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 98 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 191 boysSDIowa: #32 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 164 boysIAIndiana: #21 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 112 boysINOhio: #26 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 117 boysOHPennsylvania: #41 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 215 boysPANew Jersey: #58 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 291 boysNJConnecticut: #71 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 480 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 643 births · 1 in 127 boysCAUtah: #35 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 146 boysUTColorado: #26 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 126 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 115 boysNEMissouri: #34 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 179 boysMOKentucky: #44 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 226 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 183 boysWVVirginia: #52 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 250 boysVAMaryland: #56 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 276 boysMDDelaware: #43 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 214 boysDEArizona: #30 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 141 boysAZNew Mexico: #49 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 195 boysNMKansas: #26 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 137 boysKSArkansas: #44 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 215 boysARTennessee: #32 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 169 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 227 boysNCSouth Carolina: #42 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 192 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #43 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 221 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 131 boysOKLouisiana: #70 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 319 boysLAMississippi: #58 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 292 boysMSAlabama: #47 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 230 boysALGeorgia: #34 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 174 boysGAHawaii: #111 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 615 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 437 births · 1 in 178 boysTXFlorida: #32 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 177 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#14 · 1 in 52
  2. Idaho#16 · 1 in 78
  3. Oregon#20 · 1 in 105
  4. Indiana#21 · 1 in 112
  5. Nebraska#21 · 1 in 115

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#14191 in 52
Idaho#16671 in 78
Oregon#201101 in 105
Indiana#213051 in 112
Nebraska#21981 in 115
Montana#22451 in 102
Alaska#2371 in 71
Wyoming#23221 in 98
California#246431 in 127
Colorado#26881 in 126
Kansas#261181 in 137
Ohio#265781 in 117
Washington#261651 in 122
Michigan#284281 in 137
Arizona#30501 in 141
Illinois#304351 in 168
Oklahoma#311721 in 131
Florida#321231 in 177
Iowa#321361 in 164
Tennessee#321951 in 169
Georgia#342111 in 174
Missouri#341941 in 179
Texas#344371 in 178
Utah#35531 in 146
West Virginia#351101 in 183
Wisconsin#391471 in 202
Pennsylvania#414351 in 215
South Carolina#421271 in 192
South Dakota#42281 in 191
Delaware#43121 in 214
District of Columbia#43441 in 221
North Dakota#43301 in 195
Arkansas#44981 in 215
Kentucky#441311 in 226
North Carolina#461921 in 227
Alabama#471491 in 230
New Mexico#49331 in 195
Virginia#521221 in 250
Minnesota#54921 in 289
New York#554381 in 273
Maryland#56711 in 276
Mississippi#58851 in 292
New Jersey#581291 in 291
New Hampshire#63121 in 345
Vermont#67101 in 295
Louisiana#70851 in 319
Connecticut#71371 in 480
Rhode Island#86101 in 636
Massachusetts#89541 in 758
Hawaii#11181 in 615
Maine#130101 in 803

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 1943

girls
#1,703
25 births · 1 in 55,812 girls
boys
#34
7,398 births · 1 in 193 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #1,703Jack25

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #34Jack7,398
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 55,812 of them was named Jack, which outranked 68.3% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #1,664Veola26
  2. #1,664Vernon26
  3. #1,664Wylene26
  4. #1,703Jack25
  5. #1,703Alvera25
  6. #1,703Amparo25
  7. #1,703Annita25
  8. #1,751Adriana24
  9. #1,751Albina24
  10. #1,751Alix24

Tied with 47 names at #1,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 193 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #31Henry7,631
  2. #32Lawrence7,583
  3. #33Carl7,472
  4. #34Jack7,398
  5. #35Joe7,308
  6. #36Willie7,178
  7. #37Billy7,012
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →