Jack Name Popularity

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How popular is Jack?

In 2018 the very popular name Jack, ranked the 28th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 50 most popular, Jack has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #14 for the first time in 1929 and as recently as 1930.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1927 with 12,798 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Jack was 197 in 1881.

Approximately during the years 1893-1896, 1897-1900, 1906-1927, and 1992-2005, the name Jack took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1930-1933, 1934-1939, 1957-1967, and 1968-1974.

Jack's popularity has been moving upward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Jack for their newborn has remained about the same.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Jack?

Currently, the name is at a high point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Jack is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Jack (Girl)		Jack (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		8	11,771	8,834	28
2017		9	11,028	8,454	35
2016		11	9,655	8,413	38
2015		6	15,214	8,499	40
2014		9	11,324	8,747	41
2013		7	13,714	8,574	40
2012		10	10,731	7,937	46
2011		5	17,840	8,180	45
2010		7	14,044	8,518	45
2009		14	8,615	9,023	42
2008		15	8,270	9,895	39
2007		16	7,870	10,670	38
2006		21	6,213	10,836	36
2005		11	9,707	10,904	34
2004		27	4,854	9,578	42
2003		14	7,732	9,316	45
2002		13	8,002	8,998	44
2001		11	8,982	8,148	48
2000		7	12,299	8,121	46
1999		9	9,805	7,383	52
1998		11	8,212	6,374	61
1997		7	11,287	4,983	76
1996		6	12,416	4,243	89
1995		5	14,288	3,447	110
1994		5	14,251	2,777	127
1993		< 5	--	2,420	143
1992		8	9,817	2,070	155
1991		9	8,870	1,945	166
1990		< 5	--	1,831	166
1989		7	10,101	1,714	179
1988		12	6,416	1,649	171
1987		17	4,727	1,651	165
1986		6	9,994	1,516	175
1985		12	5,786	1,523	175
1984		8	7,647	1,482	173
1983		19	4,004	1,525	172
1982		14	5,033	1,623	166
1981		8	7,645	1,613	166
1980		13	5,337	1,629	158
1979		17	4,297	1,586	161
1978		17	4,140	1,580	156
1977		15	4,501	1,673	149
1976		14	4,438	1,667	149
1975		7	7,438	1,747	142
1974		8	6,458	1,652	149
1973		10	5,316	1,853	138
1972		17	3,613	1,903	142
1971		11	4,920	2,367	132
1970		16	3,771	2,571	129
1969		17	3,370	2,612	122
1968		13	3,868	2,695	110
1967		13	3,732	2,786	112
1966		9	4,632	2,964	106
1965		22	2,628	3,200	104
1964		13	3,767	3,809	99
1963		14	3,516	3,816	102
1962		14	3,491	4,171	98
1961		17	3,101	4,634	90
1960		15	3,265	4,914	85
1959		16	3,025	5,014	85
1958		12	3,621	5,298	80
1957		14	3,206	6,021	67
1956		14	3,232	6,053	66
1955		16	2,882	6,203	60
1954		19	2,549	6,471	57
1953		15	2,867	6,542	57
1952		9	3,937	6,936	52
1951		18	2,420	7,003	48
1950		15	2,710	6,838	48
1949		21	2,170	7,133	47
1948		14	2,752	7,612	43
1947		23	2,062	8,508	37
1946		21	2,052	7,801	35
1945		18	2,015	6,853	32
1944		21	1,883	7,254	30
1943		25	1,722	7,399	34
1942		23	1,780	7,360	34
1941		24	1,626	6,950	32
1940		20	1,813	7,046	29
1939		32	1,316	7,307	26
1938		38	1,191	8,140	25
1937		26	1,472	8,193	23
1936		21	1,660	8,856	20
1935		40	1,107	9,436	18
1934		43	1,064	9,985	17
1933		53	942	9,835	17
1932		51	992	10,719	17
1931		85	730	11,478	15
1930		88	748	12,429	14
1929		81	778	12,168	14
1928		96	723	12,493	15
1927		82	807	12,798	16
1926		84	793	12,200	16
1925		95	764	12,008	17
1924		75	865	11,923	17
1923		61	944	11,192	17
1922		65	912	10,846	18
1921		59	965	10,757	18
1920		60	942	9,599	20
1919		55	960	8,263	21
1918		40	1,195	8,342	21
1917		50	991	6,874	22
1916		43	1,074	6,162	26
1915		37	1,129	5,748	27
1914		22	1,358	4,486	27
1913		19	1,330	3,538	28
1912		20	1,195	2,870	28
1911		10	1,593	1,668	25
1910		15	1,185	1,576	23
1909		< 5	--	1,150	27
1908		6	1,967	1,086	27
1907		6	1,934	1,019	26
1906		6	1,833	880	30
1905		6	1,800	907	28
1904		8	1,417	908	27
1903		< 5	--	831	28
1902		10	1,169	743	32
1901		< 5	--	645	32
1900		5	2,064	1,053	27
1899		8	1,229	582	35
1898		< 5	--	633	37
1897		< 5	--	497	42
1896		5	1,699	539	40
1895		6	1,499	479	46
1894		< 5	--	441	47
1893		< 5	--	406	50
1892		< 5	--	401	54
1891		< 5	--	290	62
1890		5	1,418	368	53
1889		5	1,377	322	61
1888		< 5	--	329	64
1887		< 5	--	251	68
1886		< 5	--	299	64
1885		< 5	--	295	61
1884		< 5	--	274	68
1883		< 5	--	242	65
1882		< 5	--	271	66
1881		< 5	--	197	73
1880		< 5	--	204	77

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.