Jacky
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 84.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 168 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,589since 1925
Jacky over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #3,716 | 29 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #3,889 | 27 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #3,231 | 35 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #2,985 | 38 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #3,122 | 35 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | #2,551 | 48 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #2,663 | 45 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #2,730 | 44 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #1,990 | 70 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #2,632 | 47 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #1,875 | 76 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #1,617 | 89 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | #2,035 | 61 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #1,582 | 83 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #1,548 | 82 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #1,792 | 64 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #1,300 | 99 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #1,294 | 94 |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,198 | 99 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #1,079 | 112 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #1,275 | 84 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #1,332 | 77 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #1,321 | 74 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #1,490 | 61 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #1,652 | 50 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #1,730 | 46 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #1,733 | 44 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #1,731 | 40 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #2,115 | 28 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #1,791 | 34 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,834 | 32 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,630 | 36 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #1,631 | 36 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #2,059 | 26 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | #1,456 | 43 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #1,496 | 41 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,633 | 35 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #1,135 | 52 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #1,307 | 41 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #1,047 | 60 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #989 | 67 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,136 | 47 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #884 | 66 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #943 | 59 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #860 | 71 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #967 | 58 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 | #823 | 84 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #799 | 90 |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | #760 | 101 |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 | #758 | 103 |
| 1960 | #2,097 | 30 | #697 | 127 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #671 | 129 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #678 | 126 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | #655 | 137 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 | #608 | 154 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | #622 | 143 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #580 | 162 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | #547 | 168 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #586 | 142 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 | #564 | 147 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #642 | 117 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #671 | 104 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #621 | 119 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #638 | 116 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | #581 | 121 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #632 | 91 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #658 | 89 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #615 | 105 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #705 | 82 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 | #646 | 89 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #646 | 86 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #581 | 97 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #752 | 66 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #793 | 60 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #816 | 56 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #834 | 56 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #881 | 51 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #1,056 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #1,217 | 32 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | — | #2,317 | 12 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #3,408 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jacky! It came in at #3,408, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Jacky is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Arkansas#261 · 1 in 1,956
- Oklahoma#375 · 1 in 4,708
- Kentucky#417 · 1 in 6,898
- Mississippi#428 · 1 in 5,403
- Tennessee#447 · 1 in 7,884
Best ever in a state: #175 in Tennessee, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #261 | 10 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Oklahoma | #375 | 5 | 1 in 4,708 |
| Kentucky | #417 | 5 | 1 in 6,898 |
| Mississippi | #428 | 5 | 1 in 5,403 |
| Tennessee | #447 | 5 | 1 in 7,884 |
| Alabama | #481 | 5 | 1 in 7,490 |
| Texas | #502 | 21 | 1 in 5,696 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 5 | 1 in 10,568 |
| California | #884 | 7 | 1 in 26,999 |
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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 Jacky
- 1,708 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #10,695)
- 6,420 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #10,695)
- 7,464 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 171 spots in 1939 (#752 → #581)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1969 (#884 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1953 at #547 (168 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1933–1968
- Highest: 1 in 11,411 boys born in 1939 were named Jacky (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #547 in 1953, was only 1 in 11,740 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.6% of all boys named Jacky (1,425) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 57 | #1,822 (1928) | #2,595 |
| 1930s | 516 | #581 (1939) | #980 |
| 1940s | 1,002 | #581 (1946) | #641 |
| 1950s | 1,425 | #547 (1953) | #615 |
| 1960s | 806 | #697 (1960) | #863 |
| 1970s | 461 | #989 (1970) | #1,303 |
| 1980s | 360 | #1,456 (1981) | #1,748 |
| 1990s | 775 | #1,079 (1996) | #1,382 |
| 2000s | 749 | #1,300 (2000) | #1,791 |
| 2010s | 358 | #2,551 (2012) | #3,237 |
| 2020s | 80 | #4,275 (2020) | #7,076 |
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.
Jacky in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 48,059 of them was named Jacky, which outranked 76.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,742Pollyanna43
- #1,742Raelene43
- #1,742Vanda43
- #1,768Jacky42
- #1,768Adria42
- #1,768Allie42
- #1,768Conni42
- #1,788Alfredia41
- #1,788Bobette41
- #1,788Cherylann41
Tied with 19 names at #1,768; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 20,623 of them was named Jacky, which outranked 83.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).