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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201954boysat 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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #58 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 249 boysAKMaine: #117 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 686 boysMEVermont: #79 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 400 boysVTNew Hampshire: #95 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 629 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 244 boysWAIdaho: #38 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 168 boysIDMontana: #49 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 250 boysMTNorth Dakota: #75 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 386 boysNDMinnesota: #64 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 401 boysMNIllinois: #57 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 316 boysILWisconsin: #67 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 384 boysWIMichigan: #47 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 232 boysMINew York: #79 for boys · 379 births · 1 in 449 boysNYMassachusetts: #96 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 889 boysMARhode Island: #83 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 611 boysRIOregon: #44 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 221 boysORNevada: #67 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 282 boysNVWyoming: #37 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 150 boysWYSouth Dakota: #92 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 544 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 335 boysIAIndiana: #37 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 188 boysINOhio: #42 for boys · 527 births · 1 in 207 boysOHPennsylvania: #69 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 361 boysPANew Jersey: #75 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 464 boysNJConnecticut: #95 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 741 boysCTCalifornia: #48 for boys · 596 births · 1 in 258 boysCAUtah: #62 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 264 boysUTColorado: #62 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 321 boysCONebraska: #59 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 308 boysNEMissouri: #52 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 294 boysMOKentucky: #58 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 279 boysKYWest Virginia: #40 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 184 boysWVVirginia: #77 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 368 boysVAMaryland: #91 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 463 boysMDDelaware: #113 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 708 boysDEArizona: #48 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 219 boysAZNew Mexico: #88 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 363 boysNMKansas: #48 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 243 boysKSArkansas: #79 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 362 boysARTennessee: #57 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 249 boysTNNorth Carolina: #76 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 351 boysNCSouth Carolina: #70 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 273 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #84 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 418 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 155 boysOKLouisiana: #115 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 530 boysLAMississippi: #90 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 397 boysMSAlabama: #70 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 343 boysALGeorgia: #62 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 264 boysGAHawaii: #123 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 459 boysHITexas: #58 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 291 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 235 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oklahoma#34 · 1 in 155
  2. Wyoming#37 · 1 in 150
  3. Indiana#37 · 1 in 188
  4. Idaho#38 · 1 in 168
  5. West Virginia#40 · 1 in 184

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#341601 in 155
Indiana#372791 in 188
Wyoming#37241 in 150
Idaho#38441 in 168
West Virginia#401231 in 184
Ohio#425271 in 207
Florida#441741 in 235
Oregon#44821 in 221
Michigan#474041 in 232
Arizona#48591 in 219
California#485961 in 258
Kansas#481001 in 243
Washington#481271 in 244
Montana#49301 in 250
Missouri#521591 in 294
Illinois#573361 in 316
Tennessee#571671 in 249
Alaska#58121 in 249
Kentucky#581321 in 279
Texas#584171 in 291
Iowa#59921 in 335
Nebraska#59501 in 308
Colorado#62591 in 321
Georgia#621841 in 264
Utah#62431 in 264
Minnesota#64971 in 401
Nevada#6781 in 282
Wisconsin#671151 in 384
Pennsylvania#693341 in 361
Alabama#701131 in 343
South Carolina#701151 in 273
New Jersey#751211 in 464
North Dakota#75201 in 386
North Carolina#761571 in 351
Virginia#771191 in 368
Arkansas#79581 in 362
New York#793791 in 449
Vermont#79101 in 400
Rhode Island#83151 in 611
District of Columbia#84351 in 418
New Mexico#88321 in 363
Mississippi#90741 in 397
Maryland#91651 in 463
South Dakota#92151 in 544
Connecticut#95321 in 741
New Hampshire#9591 in 629
Massachusetts#96601 in 889
Delaware#11361 in 708
Louisiana#115761 in 530
Maine#117151 in 686
Hawaii#123151 in 459

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 1954

girls
#2,519
19 births · 1 in 102,206 girls
boys
#57
6,475 births · 1 in 315 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,519Jack19

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #57Jack6,475
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 102,206 of them was named Jack, which outranked 62.0% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #2,450Vena20
  2. #2,450Versie20
  3. #2,450Virgina20
  4. #2,519Jack19
  5. #2,519Alexia19
  6. #2,519Angelene19
  7. #2,519Barrie19
  8. #2,592Annice18
  9. #2,592Apryl18
  10. #2,592Arlena18

Tied with 72 names at #2,519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 315 of them was named Jack, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #54Johnny6,613
  2. #55Randall6,549
  3. #56Roy6,513
  4. #57Jack6,475
  5. #58Stanley6,448
  6. #59Henry6,402
  7. #60Harold6,359
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →