Jock

Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994

Peak · boys
1957 · 46 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,090
since 1916

Jock over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jock has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,130, 1957boys
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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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2009#10,9946
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2007#12,3675
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2001#8,3397
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1995#6,9927
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1993#6,8167
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1991#4,76011
1990#7,1786
1989#5,1659
1988#3,35015
1987#3,52113
1986#4,13010
1985#2,59819
1984#3,10714
1983#2,20823
1982#3,10814
1981#2,77916
1980#2,61718
1979#3,56911
1978#5,7725
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1976#5,5875
1975#4,7976
1974#3,5589
1973#2,71613
1972#2,32316
1971#2,55814
1970#2,05819
1969#2,21715
1968#2,31113
1967#1,50726
1966#1,32733
1965#1,91817
1964#1,46229
1963#1,37532
1962#1,54626
1961#1,23341
1960#1,43431
1959#1,33734
1958#1,48328
1957#1,13046
1956#1,23238
1955#1,57224
1954#2,11414
1953#1,42728
1952#1,51725
1951#1,51924
1950#1,39527
1949#1,43426
1948#1,32330
1947#1,55523
1946#2,5349
1945#1,77215
1944#2,6338
1943#2,18212
1942#3,5605
1941#2,33310
1940#1,80215
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1938#3,5345
1937#2,6808
1936#3,5495
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1934#2,5639
1933#3,6425
1932#3,0927
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1930#3,5926
1929#2,9808
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1926#3,3857
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1924#4,3475
1923#3,1758
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1921#4,3225
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1918#4,1795
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1916#3,8975
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Jock! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jock is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jock in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jock
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1957 at #1,130 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 46,896
  • Highest: 1 in 46,896 boys born in 1957 were named Jock (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 330,596 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 26.4% of all boys named Jock (288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#3,897 (1916)#4,038
1920s33#2,980 (1929)#3,642
1930s45#2,563 (1934)#3,236
1940s153#1,323 (1948)#2,113
1950s288#1,130 (1957)#1,473
1960s263#1,233 (1961)#1,633
1970s98#2,058 (1970)#3,660
1980s151#2,208 (1983)#3,258
1990s31#4,760 (1991)#6,437
2000s18#8,339 (2001)#10,567

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.

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