Jackey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jackey

The Social Security Administration has registered 683 babies named Jackey between 1930 and 2007, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jackey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Jackey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 43 additional births since 1946.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jackey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jackey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jackey in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jackey 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 683 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.