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Jack
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒæk/
Rank in 2024
#11,709
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1928 · #721
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:8,434 in 2024 (#15)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Jack, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1928 with 96 babies, ranked #721.
- It first shows up in the records in 1889.
- 2,728 girls have been named Jack since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jack per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 934 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 785 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 300 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 219 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 136 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 198 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 122 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Jak, Jakke (also Jackin, Jankyn, etc.), from Anglo-Norman Jakke, *Janke, from Middle Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan (“John”); equivalent to John + -kin. Doublet of Yankee. It can be also used as nickname for Jacob. Though the name was originally a pet form, it has become more of an independent name. See also Middle French Hennequin, Jannequin, Middle Dutch Janneken, English Jake and Jacques.
- A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈd͡ʒæk/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jack, CC BY-SA 4.0.