NameTides

Jack

Jack was the #15 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,748 babies), and #24 in England & Wales and #7 in Canada.

Jack as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Jack as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Jack as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#15 (8,748)#24 (1,595)#13 (200)#2 (150)#2 (475)#7 (1,100)#10 (308)#8 (302)
2024#15 (8,472)#22 (1,711)#7 (247)#4 (130)#1 (490)#11 (1,043)#14 (265)#8 (334)
2023#14 (8,715)#18 (1,953)#4 (285)#2 (146)#1 (561)#10 (1,136)#11 (302)#7 (295)
2022#15 (8,936)#14 (2,431)#2 (342)#2 (169)#1 (641)#10 (1,203)#6 (381)#3 (416)
2021#11 (9,568)#13 (2,847)#1 (382)#1 (193)#1 (667)#7 (1,381)#3 (459)#3 (417)
2020#21 (8,945)#10 (2,900)#1 (354)#2 (175)#1 (597)#14 (1,216)#7 (376)#4 (408)
2019#19 (9,404)#8 (3,381)#1 (449)#2 (229)#1 (677)#14 (1,216)#4 (468)#2 (502)
2018#28 (8,894)#5 (3,988)#1 (422)#3 (201)#1 (686)#16 (1,111)#4 (517)#2 (463)
2017#36 (8,477)#5 (4,190)#1 (486)#2 (226)#1 (685)#15 (1,169)#4 (474)#3 (450)
2016#38 (8,430)#4 (4,751)#1 (491)#2 (243)#2 (684)#15 (1,150)#4 (527)#2 (435)
2015#40 (8,514)#2 (5,371)#1 (565)#2 (261)#1 (752)#18 (1,198)#3 (582)#2 (415)
2014#41 (8,753)#2 (5,804)#1 (583)#1 (285)#1 (786)#16 (1,196)#4 (549)#2 (464)
2013#40 (8,577)#2 (6,212)#1 (595)#1 (293)#1 (764)#16 (1,154)#3 (588)#2 (485)
2012#46 (7,941)#3 (6,230)#1 (539)#1 (310)#1 (831)#21 (1,089)#4 (570)#1 (490)
2011#45 (8,185)#3 (6,844)#1 (650)#1 (305)#1 (840)#21 (1,090)#5 (559)#1 (470)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1927 at #16.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 98very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 55very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 50very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 140very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jack is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 190 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jack by state, 2025Alaska: #15AKMaine: #7MEWisconsin: #7WIVermont: #5VTNew Hampshire: #4NHWashington: #16WAIdaho: #11IDMontana: #15MTNorth Dakota: #11NDMinnesota: #8MNIllinois: #13ILMichigan: #6MINew York: #12NYMassachusetts: #6MAOregon: #10ORNevada: #52NVWyoming: #27WYSouth Dakota: #32SDIowa: #12IAIndiana: #17INOhio: #10OHPennsylvania: #15PANew Jersey: #10NJConnecticut: #8CTRhode Island: #12RICalifornia: #48CAUtah: #4UTColorado: #15CONebraska: #18NEMissouri: #14MOKentucky: #33KYWest Virginia: #74WVVirginia: #18VAMaryland: #14MDDelaware: #64DEArizona: #31AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #13KSArkansas: #27ARTennessee: #16TNNorth Carolina: #22NCSouth Carolina: #19SCDistrict of Columbia: #18DCOklahoma: #33OKLouisiana: #24LAMississippi: #34MSAlabama: #25ALGeorgia: #30GAHawaii: #53HITexas: #61TXFlorida: #35FL
Jack (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#5501
Quebec2025#68101

Jack (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JackCanadaGirls—too few
JackCanadaBoys#71,100
JackEngland & WalesBoys#241,595
JackIrelandBoys#2475
JackNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JackNorthern IrelandBoys#2150
JackNSWBoys#10308
JackScotlandBoys#13200
JackUSGirls#13,2086
JackUSBoys#158,748
JackVICBoys#8302