Jacek — #12579 US boys' name
527 babies named Jacek in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Jacek was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Jacek in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacek
The Social Security Administration has registered 527 babies named Jacek between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacek currently holds the #12579 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacek performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jacek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacek in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacek in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 527 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jacek at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1965
- Peak year (2013)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #12579 among boys.
527 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 37 births in a single year.
Jacek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 197 births that decade — 37% of Jacek's all-time total
Jacek decade highlights
- Peak decade 197 births
- Runner-up 192 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jacek's strongest decade
197 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Jacek by state
Where Jacek concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.1% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.