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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201965boysat 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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #47 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 198 boysAKMaine: #118 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 710 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #143 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,140 boysNHWashington: #84 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 371 boysWAIdaho: #89 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 364 boysIDMontana: #103 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 451 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #119 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 784 boysMNIllinois: #105 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 606 boysILWisconsin: #99 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 664 boysWIMichigan: #80 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 451 boysMINew York: #104 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 733 boysNYMassachusetts: #144 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,760 boysMARhode Island: #94 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 831 boysRIOregon: #94 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 440 boysORNevada: #101 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 406 boysNVWyoming: #73 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 283 boysWYSouth Dakota: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 506 boysSDIowa: #110 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 670 boysIAIndiana: #79 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 404 boysINOhio: #72 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 410 boysOHPennsylvania: #101 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 688 boysPANew Jersey: #112 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 788 boysNJConnecticut: #138 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,191 boysCTCalifornia: #98 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 484 boysCAUtah: #98 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 421 boysUTColorado: #83 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 375 boysCONebraska: #115 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 640 boysNEMissouri: #107 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 585 boysMOKentucky: #88 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 469 boysKYWest Virginia: #79 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 430 boysWVVirginia: #116 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 629 boysVAMaryland: #117 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 632 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedDEArizona: #77 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 346 boysAZNew Mexico: #122 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 542 boysNMKansas: #97 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 470 boysKSArkansas: #164 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 943 boysARTennessee: #94 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 479 boysTNNorth Carolina: #104 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 556 boysNCSouth Carolina: #103 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 429 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #149 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 861 boysDCOklahoma: #92 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 439 boysOKLouisiana: #141 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 665 boysLAMississippi: #123 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 592 boysMSAlabama: #143 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 755 boysALGeorgia: #102 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 451 boysGAHawaii: #157 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 669 boysHITexas: #129 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 573 boysTXFlorida: #88 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 399 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#47 · 1 in 198
  2. Ohio#72 · 1 in 410
  3. Wyoming#73 · 1 in 283
  4. Arizona#77 · 1 in 346
  5. Indiana#79 · 1 in 404

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#47151 in 198
Ohio#722301 in 410
Wyoming#7391 in 283
Arizona#77441 in 346
Indiana#791171 in 404
West Virginia#79351 in 430
Michigan#801771 in 451
Colorado#83481 in 375
Washington#84661 in 371
Florida#881241 in 399
Kentucky#88631 in 469
Idaho#89151 in 364
Oklahoma#92441 in 439
Oregon#94351 in 440
Rhode Island#94101 in 831
Tennessee#94731 in 479
Kansas#97371 in 470
California#983611 in 484
Utah#98241 in 421
Wisconsin#99601 in 664
Nevada#10191 in 406
Pennsylvania#1011461 in 688
South Dakota#101121 in 506
Georgia#102991 in 451
Montana#103131 in 451
South Carolina#103561 in 429
New York#1042231 in 733
North Carolina#104821 in 556
Illinois#1051631 in 606
Missouri#107681 in 585
Iowa#110371 in 670
New Jersey#112741 in 788
Nebraska#115201 in 640
Virginia#116621 in 629
Maryland#117491 in 632
Maine#118131 in 710
Minnesota#119431 in 784
New Mexico#122201 in 542
Mississippi#123381 in 592
Texas#1291811 in 573
Connecticut#138211 in 1,191
Louisiana#141551 in 665
Alabama#143431 in 755
New Hampshire#14351 in 1,140
Massachusetts#144291 in 1,760
District of Columbia#149151 in 861
Hawaii#157101 in 669
Arkansas#164181 in 943
Delaware———
North Dakota———
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 1965

girls
#2,605
22 births · 1 in 80,235 girls
boys
#104
3,199 births · 1 in 581 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #2,605Jack22

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #104Jack3,199
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 80,235 of them was named Jack, which outranked 65.4% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #2,538Trinidad23
  2. #2,538Trisa23
  3. #2,538Vannessa23
  4. #2,605Jack22
  5. #2,605Arla22
  6. #2,605Arlinda22
  7. #2,605Bridgit22
  8. #2,684Allyn21
  9. #2,684Ammie21
  10. #2,684Annita21

Tied with 78 names at #2,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 581 of them was named Jack, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #101Louis3,270
  2. #102Darrin3,255
  3. #103Ralph3,225
  4. #104Jack3,199
  5. #105Greg3,181
  6. #106Frederick3,154
  7. #107Ronnie3,146
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →