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
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 9,568 births
- Debut · boys
- 204 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 114 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 756,943since 1880
Jack over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #15 | 8,748 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #15 | 8,472 |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | #14 | 8,715 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #15 | 8,936 |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | #11 | 9,568 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | #21 | 8,945 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | #19 | 9,404 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #28 | 8,894 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #36 | 8,477 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #38 | 8,430 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #40 | 8,514 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #41 | 8,753 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #40 | 8,577 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #46 | 7,941 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #45 | 8,185 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #45 | 8,520 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #42 | 9,029 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #39 | 9,897 |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | #38 | 10,671 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #36 | 10,837 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | #34 | 10,906 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 | #42 | 9,580 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #45 | 9,318 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #44 | 9,000 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #48 | 8,149 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #46 | 8,125 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #52 | 7,385 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #61 | 6,376 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #76 | 4,984 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #89 | 4,245 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #110 | 3,448 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #127 | 2,781 |
| 1993 | — | #143 | 2,425 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #154 | 2,070 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #166 | 1,949 |
| 1990 | — | #166 | 1,838 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #178 | 1,716 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #171 | 1,655 |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | #164 | 1,656 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #175 | 1,522 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #176 | 1,523 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #173 | 1,483 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #172 | 1,526 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #166 | 1,620 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #166 | 1,616 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #158 | 1,627 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #161 | 1,582 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #156 | 1,579 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #149 | 1,672 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #149 | 1,662 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #142 | 1,742 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #149 | 1,648 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #138 | 1,850 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #142 | 1,899 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #132 | 2,364 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #129 | 2,564 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | #122 | 2,606 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #110 | 2,692 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #112 | 2,782 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #107 | 2,964 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #104 | 3,199 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #99 | 3,809 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #102 | 3,814 |
| 1962 | #3,438 | 14 | #99 | 4,170 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #90 | 4,639 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #85 | 4,918 |
| 1959 | #2,980 | 16 | #85 | 5,015 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #80 | 5,301 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | #67 | 6,024 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #66 | 6,051 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #60 | 6,200 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #57 | 6,475 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | #57 | 6,540 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #52 | 6,937 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #48 | 7,004 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #48 | 6,840 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #47 | 7,128 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #43 | 7,612 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | #37 | 8,507 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | #35 | 7,801 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | #32 | 6,857 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #30 | 7,253 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #34 | 7,398 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | #34 | 7,365 |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 | #32 | 6,950 |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | #29 | 7,048 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 | #26 | 7,306 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 | #25 | 8,144 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | #23 | 8,194 |
| 1936 | #1,640 | 21 | #20 | 8,857 |
| 1935 | #1,101 | 40 | #18 | 9,438 |
| 1934 | #1,062 | 43 | #17 | 9,985 |
| 1933 | #937 | 53 | #17 | 9,838 |
| 1932 | #989 | 51 | #17 | 10,716 |
| 1931 | #728 | 85 | #15 | 11,488 |
| 1930 | #744 | 88 | #14 | 12,430 |
| 1929 | #777 | 81 | #14 | 12,167 |
| 1928 | #721 | 96 | #15 | 12,494 |
| 1927 | #800 | 82 | #16 | 12,802 |
| 1926 | #790 | 84 | #16 | 12,195 |
| 1925 | #758 | 95 | #17 | 12,011 |
| 1924 | #864 | 75 | #17 | 11,921 |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 | #17 | 11,190 |
| 1922 | #906 | 65 | #18 | 10,847 |
| 1921 | #964 | 59 | #18 | 10,757 |
| 1920 | #939 | 60 | #20 | 9,599 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 | #21 | 8,263 |
| 1918 | #1,184 | 40 | #21 | 8,341 |
| 1917 | #986 | 50 | #22 | 6,875 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #26 | 6,161 |
| 1915 | #1,115 | 37 | #27 | 5,749 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | #27 | 4,485 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | #28 | 3,538 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | #28 | 2,870 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #25 | 1,668 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 | #23 | 1,576 |
| 1909 | — | #27 | 1,150 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #27 | 1,086 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #26 | 1,019 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | #30 | 880 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | #28 | 907 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #27 | 908 |
| 1903 | — | #28 | 831 | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | #32 | 743 |
| 1901 | — | #32 | 645 | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | #27 | 1,053 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #35 | 582 |
| 1898 | — | #37 | 633 | |
| 1897 | — | #42 | 497 | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #40 | 539 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | #46 | 479 |
| 1894 | — | #47 | 441 | |
| 1893 | — | #50 | 405 | |
| 1892 | — | #54 | 401 | |
| 1891 | — | #62 | 290 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #53 | 368 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #60 | 322 |
| 1888 | — | #64 | 329 | |
| 1887 | — | #68 | 251 | |
| 1886 | — | #64 | 299 | |
| 1885 | — | #61 | 295 | |
| 1884 | — | #68 | 274 | |
| 1883 | — | #65 | 242 | |
| 1882 | — | #66 | 271 | |
| 1881 | — | #73 | 197 | |
| 1880 | — | #77 | 204 | |
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.
See more about Jack
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2021 at #11 (9,568 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 114 yrs · run 1880–1962
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 15.3% of all boys named Jack (115,983) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #14 (1930) → #178 (1989) → #11 (2021)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,684 | #60 (1889) | #67 |
| 1890s | 4,635 | #35 (1899) | #47 |
| 1900s | 9,222 | #26 (1907) | #28 |
| 1910s | 49,526 | #21 (1918) | #25 |
| 1920s | 115,983 | #14 (1929) | #17 |
| 1930s | 96,396 | #14 (1930) | #19 |
| 1940s | 73,919 | #29 (1940) | #35 |
| 1950s | 62,387 | #48 (1951) | #62 |
| 1960s | 35,593 | #85 (1960) | #103 |
| 1970s | 18,562 | #129 (1970) | #145 |
| 1980s | 15,944 | #158 (1980) | #170 |
| 1990s | 37,501 | #52 (1999) | #114 |
| 2000s | 95,512 | #34 (2005) | #41 |
| 2010s | 85,695 | #19 (2019) | #38 |
| 2020s | 53,384 | #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 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 134,796 of them was named Jack, which outranked 56.2% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,095Wynn16
- #3,095Zondra16
- #3,095Zulma16
- #3,212Jack15
- #3,212Alanda15
- #3,212Aleisa15
- #3,212Amada15
- #3,357Aleatha14
- #3,357Allegra14
- #3,357Angelene14
Tied with 144 names at #3,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 434 of them was named Jack, which outranked 98.2% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.