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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202018boysat 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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #41 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 155 boysAKMaine: #17 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 101 boysMEVermont: #19 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 87 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 89 boysNHWashington: #21 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 167 boysWAIdaho: #18 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 136 boysIDMontana: #6 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 84 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 93 boysNDMinnesota: #7 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 103 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 436 births · 1 in 137 boysILWisconsin: #9 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 111 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 133 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 647 births · 1 in 148 boysNYMassachusetts: #15 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 107 boysMARhode Island: #10 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 84 boysRIOregon: #25 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 155 boysORNevada: #48 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 206 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 74 boysWYSouth Dakota: #8 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 88 boysSDIowa: #16 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 138 boysIAIndiana: #22 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 172 boysINOhio: #24 for boys · 348 births · 1 in 165 boysOHPennsylvania: #22 for boys · 387 births · 1 in 148 boysPANew Jersey: #23 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 144 boysNJConnecticut: #10 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 92 boysCTCalifornia: #51 for boys · 864 births · 1 in 239 boysCAUtah: #6 for boys · 206 births · 1 in 95 boysUTColorado: #18 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 143 boysCONebraska: #6 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 96 boysNEMissouri: #18 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 140 boysMOKentucky: #51 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 214 boysKYWest Virginia: #60 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 216 boysWVVirginia: #45 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 209 boysVAMaryland: #29 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 165 boysMDDelaware: #30 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 129 boysDEArizona: #55 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 229 boysAZNew Mexico: #97 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 348 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 143 boysKSArkansas: #35 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 199 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 215 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 217 boysNCSouth Carolina: #36 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 185 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 104 boysDCOklahoma: #37 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 194 boysOKLouisiana: #61 for boys · 87 births · 1 in 263 boysLAMississippi: #67 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 255 boysMSAlabama: #43 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 209 boysALGeorgia: #59 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 264 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 132 boysHITexas: #68 for boys · 590 births · 1 in 296 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 366 births · 1 in 262 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#6 · 1 in 84
  2. Utah#6 · 1 in 95
  3. Nebraska#6 · 1 in 96
  4. Minnesota#7 · 1 in 103
  5. South Dakota#8 · 1 in 88

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#6431 in 84
Nebraska#6981 in 96
Utah#62061 in 95
Minnesota#72601 in 103
South Dakota#8431 in 88
North Dakota#9421 in 93
Wisconsin#92321 in 111
Connecticut#101511 in 92
Rhode Island#10421 in 84
Wyoming#12191 in 74
New Hampshire#13481 in 89
Illinois#154361 in 137
Massachusetts#152651 in 107
Iowa#161041 in 138
Michigan#163451 in 133
District of Columbia#17381 in 104
Maine#17421 in 101
Colorado#181811 in 143
Idaho#18571 in 136
Missouri#182171 in 140
Vermont#19171 in 87
Kansas#201021 in 143
New York#216471 in 148
Washington#212061 in 167
Indiana#221981 in 172
Pennsylvania#223871 in 148
Hawaii#23291 in 132
New Jersey#232791 in 144
Ohio#243481 in 165
Oregon#251071 in 155
Maryland#291601 in 165
Delaware#30251 in 129
Arkansas#35681 in 199
South Carolina#361131 in 185
Oklahoma#37971 in 194
Alaska#41191 in 155
Alabama#431081 in 209
Virginia#451951 in 209
North Carolina#462311 in 217
Tennessee#461651 in 215
Nevada#48641 in 206
Florida#503661 in 262
California#518641 in 239
Kentucky#51981 in 214
Arizona#551491 in 229
Georgia#591981 in 264
West Virginia#60351 in 216
Louisiana#61871 in 263
Mississippi#67511 in 255
Texas#685901 in 296
New Mexico#97221 in 348

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 2018

girls
#11,427
8 births · 1 in 212,634 girls
boys
#28
8,894 births · 1 in 204 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #11,427Jack8

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #28Jack8,894
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 212,634 of them was named Jack, which outranked 37.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #10,545Zyelle9
  2. #10,545Zyion9
  3. #10,545Zynique9
  4. #11,427Jack8
  5. #11,427Aada8
  6. #11,427Aadhvika8
  7. #11,427Aailyah8
  8. #12,464Aaisha7
  9. #12,464Aalana7
  10. #12,464Aaleah7

Tied with 1,036 names at #11,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 204 of them was named Jack, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jack
  1. #25Owen9,337
  2. #26John9,204
  3. #27Wyatt9,183
  4. #28Jack8,894
  5. #29Jayden8,626
  6. #30Luke8,624
  7. #31Dylan8,610
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →