Jacki — #15479 US girls' name
3,518 babies named Jacki in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Jacki was born in this single decade.
166 babies were named Jacki in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacki
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,518 babies named Jacki between 1935 and 2024, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacki currently holds the #15479 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 166 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacki performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jacki shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 262 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacki in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacki 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 3,518 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.
Jacki at a glance
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Current rank
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Jacki popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1935
- Peak year (1961)
- 166
- Annual births at peak — across 90 years of records
Currently ranks #15479 among girls.
3,518 total births across 90 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 166 births in a single year.
Jacki popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2007 (Jacki as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jacki accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jacki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 1,159 births that decade — 33% of Jacki's all-time total
Jacki decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,159 births
- Runner-up 785 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jacki's strongest decade
1,159 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jacki by state
Where Jacki concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 262 | 7.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 149 | 4.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 110 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 109 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 98 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 83 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 83 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 71 | 2.0% |
262 of 3,518 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.1% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jacki appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1935–2024 (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.