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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201995boysat 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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #87 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 277 boysAKMaine: #98 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 368 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #86 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 352 boysNHWashington: #106 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 437 boysWAIdaho: #133 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 556 boysIDMontana: #139 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 587 boysMTNorth Dakota: #112 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 425 boysNDMinnesota: #36 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 152 boysMNIllinois: #54 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 297 boysILWisconsin: #83 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 355 boysWIMichigan: #86 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 401 boysMINew York: #81 for boys · 272 births · 1 in 450 boysNYMassachusetts: #72 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 317 boysMARhode Island: #77 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 350 boysRIOregon: #88 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 364 boysORNevada: #138 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 522 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Jack, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #121 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 518 boysSDIowa: #101 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 399 boysIAIndiana: #110 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 537 boysINOhio: #110 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 533 boysOHPennsylvania: #142 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 854 boysPANew Jersey: #70 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 393 boysNJConnecticut: #66 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 302 boysCTCalifornia: #139 for boys · 426 births · 1 in 611 boysCAUtah: #140 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 626 boysUTColorado: #94 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 349 boysCONebraska: #89 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 335 boysNEMissouri: #99 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 451 boysMOKentucky: #106 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 515 boysKYWest Virginia: #155 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 947 boysWVVirginia: #82 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 429 boysVAMaryland: #96 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 492 boysMDDelaware: #101 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 446 boysDEArizona: #160 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 663 boysAZNew Mexico: #216 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 977 boysNMKansas: #137 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 585 boysKSArkansas: #180 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 925 boysARTennessee: #130 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 735 boysTNNorth Carolina: #119 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 689 boysNCSouth Carolina: #214 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,108 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #94 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 395 boysDCOklahoma: #130 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 572 boysOKLouisiana: #197 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 972 boysLAMississippi: #180 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 836 boysMSAlabama: #137 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 726 boysALGeorgia: #138 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 723 boysGAHawaii: #120 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 494 boysHITexas: #177 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 855 boysTXFlorida: #142 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 713 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#36 · 1 in 152
  2. Illinois#54 · 1 in 297
  3. Connecticut#66 · 1 in 302
  4. New Jersey#70 · 1 in 393
  5. Massachusetts#72 · 1 in 317

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#361861 in 152
Illinois#542781 in 297
Connecticut#66641 in 302
New Jersey#701261 in 393
Massachusetts#721191 in 317
Rhode Island#77161 in 350
New York#812721 in 450
Virginia#82931 in 429
Wisconsin#83831 in 355
Michigan#861511 in 401
New Hampshire#86181 in 352
Alaska#87131 in 277
Oregon#88531 in 364
Nebraska#89301 in 335
Colorado#94701 in 349
District of Columbia#94141 in 395
Maryland#96601 in 492
Maine#98161 in 368
Missouri#99761 in 451
Delaware#10191 in 446
Iowa#101411 in 399
Kentucky#106451 in 515
Washington#106761 in 437
Indiana#110711 in 537
Ohio#1101351 in 533
North Dakota#11291 in 425
North Carolina#119651 in 689
Hawaii#120121 in 494
South Dakota#12181 in 518
Oklahoma#130341 in 572
Tennessee#130471 in 735
Idaho#133131 in 556
Alabama#137341 in 726
Kansas#137261 in 585
Georgia#138671 in 723
Nevada#138191 in 522
California#1394261 in 611
Montana#13971 in 587
Utah#140281 in 626
Florida#1421191 in 713
Pennsylvania#142831 in 854
West Virginia#155101 in 947
Arizona#160491 in 663
Texas#1771791 in 855
Arkansas#180151 in 925
Mississippi#180181 in 836
Louisiana#197281 in 972
South Carolina#214181 in 1,108
New Mexico#216111 in 977
Vermont———
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 1995

girls
#13,386
5 births · 1 in 351,710 girls
boys
#110
3,448 births · 1 in 552 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #13,386Jack5

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #110Jack3,448
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 351,710 of them was named Jack, which outranked 15.0% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #11,783Ziara6
  2. #11,783Zierra6
  3. #11,783Zohra6
  4. #13,386Jack5
  5. #13,386Aailiyah5
  6. #13,386Aalia5
  7. #13,386Aalijah5

Tied with 2,367 names at #13,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 552 of them was named Jack, which outranked 98.9% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #107Alejandro3,531
  2. #108Jake3,509
  3. #109Isaiah3,475
  4. #110Jack3,448
  5. #111Erik3,432
  6. #112Alec3,420
  7. #113Vincent3,319
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →