Popularity of the name Jack, 1880–2025
Jack was at its most popular in 1927, when 12,802 boys were given the name: about 1 in 88 boys born in the U.S. that year, ranking #16. In 2025, 8,748 boys were named Jack, ranking #15. In all, Social Security counts 756,943 boys named Jack since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 2,734 girls named Jack.
- Peak year
- 1927
- Rank in 1927
- #16
- Babies in 1927
- 12,802
- Rank in 2025
- #15
- Total since 1880
- 756,943
Where it stands now
In the past decade the name climbed from #40 in 2015 to #15 in 2025: 8,514 boys got it in 2015, and 8,748 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Its best decade is the 2020s so far, when 53,384 boys were named Jack, #14 for the decade. It started at #66 in the 1880s.
Every 20 years in the records: 204 in 1880 (#77), 1,053 in 1900 (#27), 9,599 in 1920 (#20), 7,048 in 1940 (#29), 4,918 in 1960 (#85), 1,627 in 1980 (#158), 8,125 in 2000 (#46) and 8,945 in 2020 (#21).
Highs and lows
The most boys given the name in a single year was 12,802, in 1927. Its best rank in any year was #11, first reached in 2021.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 boys named Jack, with the name’s rank that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 204 | #77 |
| 1881 | 197 | #73 |
| 1882 | 271 | #66 |
| 1883 | 242 | #65 |
| 1884 | 274 | #68 |
| 1885 | 295 | #61 |
| 1886 | 299 | #64 |
| 1887 | 251 | #68 |
| 1888 | 329 | #64 |
| 1889 | 322 | #60 |
| 1890 | 368 | #53 |
| 1891 | 290 | #62 |
| 1892 | 401 | #54 |
| 1893 | 405 | #50 |
| 1894 | 441 | #47 |
| 1895 | 479 | #46 |
| 1896 | 539 | #40 |
| 1897 | 497 | #42 |
| 1898 | 633 | #37 |
| 1899 | 582 | #35 |
| 1900 | 1,053 | #27 |
| 1901 | 645 | #32 |
| 1902 | 743 | #32 |
| 1903 | 831 | #28 |
| 1904 | 908 | #27 |
| 1905 | 907 | #28 |
| 1906 | 880 | #30 |
| 1907 | 1,019 | #26 |
| 1908 | 1,086 | #27 |
| 1909 | 1,150 | #27 |
| 1910 | 1,576 | #23 |
| 1911 | 1,668 | #25 |
| 1912 | 2,870 | #28 |
| 1913 | 3,538 | #28 |
| 1914 | 4,485 | #27 |
| 1915 | 5,749 | #27 |
| 1916 | 6,161 | #26 |
| 1917 | 6,875 | #22 |
| 1918 | 8,341 | #21 |
| 1919 | 8,263 | #21 |
| 1920 | 9,599 | #20 |
| 1921 | 10,757 | #18 |
| 1922 | 10,847 | #18 |
| 1923 | 11,190 | #17 |
| 1924 | 11,921 | #17 |
| 1925 | 12,011 | #17 |
| 1926 | 12,195 | #16 |
| 1927 | 12,802 | #16 |
| 1928 | 12,494 | #15 |
| 1929 | 12,167 | #14 |
| 1930 | 12,430 | #14 |
| 1931 | 11,488 | #15 |
| 1932 | 10,716 | #17 |
| 1933 | 9,838 | #17 |
| 1934 | 9,985 | #17 |
| 1935 | 9,438 | #18 |
| 1936 | 8,857 | #20 |
| 1937 | 8,194 | #23 |
| 1938 | 8,144 | #25 |
| 1939 | 7,306 | #26 |
| 1940 | 7,048 | #29 |
| 1941 | 6,950 | #32 |
| 1942 | 7,365 | #34 |
| 1943 | 7,398 | #34 |
| 1944 | 7,253 | #30 |
| 1945 | 6,857 | #32 |
| 1946 | 7,801 | #35 |
| 1947 | 8,507 | #37 |
| 1948 | 7,612 | #43 |
| 1949 | 7,128 | #47 |
| 1950 | 6,840 | #48 |
| 1951 | 7,004 | #48 |
| 1952 | 6,937 | #52 |
| 1953 | 6,540 | #57 |
| 1954 | 6,475 | #57 |
| 1955 | 6,200 | #60 |
| 1956 | 6,051 | #66 |
| 1957 | 6,024 | #67 |
| 1958 | 5,301 | #80 |
| 1959 | 5,015 | #85 |
| 1960 | 4,918 | #85 |
| 1961 | 4,639 | #90 |
| 1962 | 4,170 | #99 |
| 1963 | 3,814 | #102 |
| 1964 | 3,809 | #99 |
| 1965 | 3,199 | #104 |
| 1966 | 2,964 | #107 |
| 1967 | 2,782 | #112 |
| 1968 | 2,692 | #110 |
| 1969 | 2,606 | #122 |
| 1970 | 2,564 | #129 |
| 1971 | 2,364 | #132 |
| 1972 | 1,899 | #142 |
| 1973 | 1,850 | #138 |
| 1974 | 1,648 | #149 |
| 1975 | 1,742 | #142 |
| 1976 | 1,662 | #149 |
| 1977 | 1,672 | #149 |
| 1978 | 1,579 | #156 |
| 1979 | 1,582 | #161 |
| 1980 | 1,627 | #158 |
| 1981 | 1,616 | #166 |
| 1982 | 1,620 | #166 |
| 1983 | 1,526 | #172 |
| 1984 | 1,483 | #173 |
| 1985 | 1,523 | #176 |
| 1986 | 1,522 | #175 |
| 1987 | 1,656 | #164 |
| 1988 | 1,655 | #171 |
| 1989 | 1,716 | #178 |
| 1990 | 1,838 | #166 |
| 1991 | 1,949 | #166 |
| 1992 | 2,070 | #154 |
| 1993 | 2,425 | #143 |
| 1994 | 2,781 | #127 |
| 1995 | 3,448 | #110 |
| 1996 | 4,245 | #89 |
| 1997 | 4,984 | #76 |
| 1998 | 6,376 | #61 |
| 1999 | 7,385 | #52 |
| 2000 | 8,125 | #46 |
| 2001 | 8,149 | #48 |
| 2002 | 9,000 | #44 |
| 2003 | 9,318 | #45 |
| 2004 | 9,580 | #42 |
| 2005 | 10,906 | #34 |
| 2006 | 10,837 | #36 |
| 2007 | 10,671 | #38 |
| 2008 | 9,897 | #39 |
| 2009 | 9,029 | #42 |
| 2010 | 8,520 | #45 |
| 2011 | 8,185 | #45 |
| 2012 | 7,941 | #46 |
| 2013 | 8,577 | #40 |
| 2014 | 8,753 | #41 |
| 2015 | 8,514 | #40 |
| 2016 | 8,430 | #38 |
| 2017 | 8,477 | #36 |
| 2018 | 8,894 | #28 |
| 2019 | 9,404 | #19 |
| 2020 | 8,945 | #21 |
| 2021 | 9,568 | #11 |
| 2022 | 8,936 | #15 |
| 2023 | 8,715 | #14 |
| 2024 | 8,472 | #15 |
| 2025 | 8,748 | #15 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.