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
#11
2021 · 9,568 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201994boysat 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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #55 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 209 boysAKMaine: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 519 boysMEVermont: #119 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 566 boysVTNew Hampshire: #106 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 501 boysNHWashington: #113 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 519 boysWAIdaho: #200 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 994 boysIDMontana: #139 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 609 boysMTNorth Dakota: #126 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 565 boysNDMinnesota: #51 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 188 boysMNIllinois: #98 for boys · 187 births · 1 in 452 boysILWisconsin: #93 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 403 boysWIMichigan: #114 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 618 boysMINew York: #94 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 557 boysNYMassachusetts: #82 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 444 boysMARhode Island: #106 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 593 boysRIOregon: #138 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 638 boysORNevada: #150 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 683 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #149 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 731 boysSDIowa: #138 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 807 boysIAIndiana: #110 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 538 boysINOhio: #112 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 593 boysOHPennsylvania: #147 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 953 boysPANew Jersey: #94 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 556 boysNJConnecticut: #66 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 324 boysCTCalifornia: #148 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 729 boysCAUtah: #198 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,088 boysUTColorado: #99 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 399 boysCONebraska: #104 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 433 boysNEMissouri: #106 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 551 boysMOKentucky: #185 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,234 boysKYWest Virginia: #157 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 986 boysWVVirginia: #148 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 911 boysVAMaryland: #132 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 791 boysMDDelaware: #120 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 595 boysDEArizona: #160 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 694 boysAZNew Mexico: #174 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 743 boysNMKansas: #135 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 646 boysKSArkansas: #171 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 867 boysARTennessee: #149 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 865 boysTNNorth Carolina: #138 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 813 boysNCSouth Carolina: #151 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 765 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #231 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,050 boysDCOklahoma: #162 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 838 boysOKLouisiana: #241 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,222 boysLAMississippi: #253 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,305 boysMSAlabama: #204 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,144 boysALGeorgia: #157 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 843 boysGAHawaii: #142 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 638 boysHITexas: #175 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 865 boysTXFlorida: #141 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 799 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#51 · 1 in 188
  2. Alaska#55 · 1 in 209
  3. Connecticut#66 · 1 in 324
  4. Massachusetts#82 · 1 in 444
  5. Wisconsin#93 · 1 in 403

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#511551 in 188
Alaska#55181 in 209
Connecticut#66611 in 324
Massachusetts#82871 in 444
Wisconsin#93751 in 403
New Jersey#94911 in 556
New York#942261 in 557
Illinois#981871 in 452
Colorado#99611 in 399
Maine#101121 in 519
Nebraska#104231 in 433
Missouri#106631 in 551
New Hampshire#106131 in 501
Rhode Island#106101 in 593
Indiana#110701 in 538
Ohio#1121241 in 593
Washington#113651 in 519
Michigan#1141011 in 618
Vermont#11951 in 566
Delaware#12071 in 595
North Dakota#12671 in 565
Maryland#132381 in 791
Kansas#135241 in 646
Iowa#138211 in 807
North Carolina#138551 in 813
Oregon#138301 in 638
Montana#13971 in 609
Florida#1411071 in 799
Hawaii#142101 in 638
Pennsylvania#147771 in 953
California#1483661 in 729
Virginia#148451 in 911
South Dakota#14961 in 731
Tennessee#149401 in 865
Nevada#150141 in 683
South Carolina#151271 in 765
Georgia#157571 in 843
West Virginia#157101 in 986
Arizona#160461 in 694
Oklahoma#162231 in 838
Arkansas#171161 in 867
New Mexico#174151 in 743
Texas#1751771 in 865
Kentucky#185191 in 1,234
Utah#198161 in 1,088
Idaho#20071 in 994
Alabama#204221 in 1,144
District of Columbia#23161 in 1,050
Louisiana#241231 in 1,222
Mississippi#253121 in 1,305
Wyoming———

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 1994

girls
#13,430
5 births · 1 in 357,151 girls
boys
#127
2,781 births · 1 in 695 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #13,430Jack5

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #127Jack2,781
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 357,151 of them was named Jack, which outranked 14.8% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #11,778Zhanna6
  2. #11,778Zoha6
  3. #11,778Zowie6
  4. #13,430Jack5
  5. #13,430Aailyah5
  6. #13,430Aaliayah5
  7. #13,430Aalijah5

Tied with 2,329 names at #13,430; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 695 of them was named Jack, which outranked 98.8% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #124Colin2,815
  2. #125Mason2,802
  3. #126Keith2,785
  4. #127Jack2,781
  5. #128Dominic2,769
  6. #129Brendan2,731
  7. #130Chad2,730
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →