Jackie
Jackie is given to both girls and boys: 86 girls and 62 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,163 among girls’ names and #2,269 among boys’, #2,726 among all names counting both); 170,153 Americans have been recorded with it since 1899 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Jackie every year since 2013.
An estimated 110,000 Americans named Jackie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 53 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jackie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jackie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jackie is “a diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline or Jacquelyn.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.”
/ˈd͡ʒæki/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jackie?
#2,163 among girls’ names, 2025
Jackie fell from #2,048 in 2015 to #2,163 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 53.8 to 53.5 per million.
5,573 babies in 1961, the peak
Jackie peaked in 1961, when 5,573 babies were given it (4,256 girls, #112 among girls’ names). The 148 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,163 | 62 | #2,269 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,292 | 44 | #2,891 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,295 | 50 | #2,628 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,435 | 53 | #2,572 |
| 2021 | 76 | #2,374 | 74 | #2,012 |
| 2020 | 77 | #2,310 | 55 | #2,401 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,548 | 53 | #2,500 |
| 2018 | 96 | #2,033 | 86 | #1,782 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,121 | 75 | #1,926 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,135 | 85 | #1,795 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 96 | #2,048 | 90 | #1,723 |
| 2014 | 119 | #1,748 | 79 | #1,863 |
| 2013 | 90 | #2,114 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2012 | 98 | #1,989 | 114 | #1,451 |
| 2011 | 136 | #1,594 | 84 | #1,744 |
| 2010 | 105 | #1,915 | 74 | #1,913 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,679 | 103 | #1,577 |
| 2008 | 136 | #1,655 | 105 | #1,539 |
| 2007 | 145 | #1,565 | 119 | #1,381 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,766 | 119 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,591 | 115 | #1,316 |
| 2004 | 149 | #1,398 | 119 | #1,266 |
| 2003 | 135 | #1,455 | 147 | #1,057 |
| 2002 | 164 | #1,225 | 148 | #1,035 |
| 2001 | 136 | #1,397 | 178 | #885 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,327 | 199 | #807 |
| 1999 | 182 | #1,094 | 189 | #805 |
| 1998 | 174 | #1,108 | 201 | #779 |
| 1997 | 193 | #1,003 | 195 | #762 |
| 1996 | 265 | #783 | 186 | #783 |
| 1995 | 237 | #827 | 162 | #844 |
| 1994 | 263 | #773 | 199 | #742 |
| 1993 | 320 | #683 | 203 | #730 |
| 1992 | 363 | #623 | 215 | #700 |
| 1991 | 390 | #588 | 258 | #634 |
| 1990 | 457 | #522 | 263 | #625 |
| 1989 | 500 | #475 | 268 | #597 |
| 1988 | 528 | #431 | 251 | #584 |
| 1987 | 576 | #398 | 251 | #573 |
| 1986 | 503 | #428 | 275 | #538 |
| 1985 | 586 | #388 | 299 | #504 |
| 1984 | 546 | #394 | 288 | #497 |
| 1983 | 675 | #341 | 330 | #459 |
| 1982 | 756 | #320 | 376 | #431 |
| 1981 | 696 | #338 | 411 | #401 |
| 1980 | 681 | #350 | 457 | #377 |
| 1979 | 711 | #330 | 418 | #393 |
| 1978 | 732 | #314 | 441 | #366 |
| 1977 | 794 | #300 | 521 | #344 |
| 1976 | 730 | #314 | 561 | #313 |
| 1975 | 886 | #271 | 589 | #308 |
| 1974 | 913 | #279 | 589 | #311 |
| 1973 | 930 | #269 | 639 | #284 |
| 1972 | 1,026 | #259 | 672 | #283 |
| 1971 | 1,216 | #239 | 736 | #282 |
| 1970 | 1,366 | #230 | 753 | #281 |
| 1969 | 1,343 | #226 | 731 | #275 |
| 1968 | 1,584 | #196 | 724 | #272 |
| 1967 | 1,681 | #186 | 808 | #248 |
| 1966 | 1,936 | #174 | 784 | #258 |
| 1965 | 2,441 | #156 | 886 | #249 |
| 1964 | 3,236 | #128 | 978 | #246 |
| 1963 | 2,821 | #142 | 1,064 | #231 |
| 1962 | 3,611 | #126 | 1,159 | #223 |
| 1961 | 4,256 | #112 | 1,317 | #213 |
| 1960 | 2,985 | #144 | 1,367 | #207 |
| 1959 | 2,738 | #155 | 1,459 | #197 |
| 1958 | 2,658 | #152 | 1,505 | #188 |
| 1957 | 2,363 | #162 | 1,707 | #178 |
| 1956 | 1,982 | #180 | 1,862 | #164 |
| 1955 | 1,797 | #187 | 2,000 | #148 |
| 1954 | 1,733 | #185 | 1,954 | #150 |
| 1953 | 1,729 | #184 | 1,970 | #145 |
| 1952 | 1,561 | #190 | 2,009 | #144 |
| 1951 | 1,467 | #197 | 2,053 | #133 |
| 1950 | 1,275 | #209 | 1,927 | #140 |
| 1949 | 1,274 | #211 | 1,958 | #140 |
| 1948 | 1,467 | #187 | 1,832 | #147 |
| 1947 | 1,660 | #174 | 1,990 | #141 |
| 1946 | 1,528 | #174 | 1,729 | #139 |
| 1945 | 1,262 | #172 | 1,493 | #142 |
| 1944 | 1,250 | #171 | 1,642 | #128 |
| 1943 | 1,351 | #172 | 1,778 | #124 |
| 1942 | 1,223 | #181 | 1,847 | #119 |
| 1941 | 1,094 | #178 | 1,968 | #110 |
| 1940 | 981 | #189 | 1,888 | #108 |
| 1939 | 1,014 | #185 | 1,889 | #105 |
| 1938 | 1,062 | #185 | 1,943 | #105 |
| 1937 | 899 | #197 | 1,815 | #107 |
| 1936 | 948 | #190 | 1,811 | #106 |
| 1935 | 805 | #211 | 1,901 | #102 |
| 1934 | 859 | #206 | 1,567 | #114 |
| 1933 | 700 | #230 | 1,339 | #123 |
| 1932 | 671 | #235 | 1,317 | #130 |
| 1931 | 631 | #240 | 1,122 | #142 |
| 1930 | 626 | #247 | 974 | #157 |
| 1929 | 512 | #287 | 780 | #179 |
| 1928 | 436 | #314 | 606 | #216 |
| 1927 | 451 | #315 | 486 | #261 |
| 1926 | 333 | #370 | 361 | #300 |
| 1925 | 267 | #423 | 276 | #355 |
| 1924 | 282 | #413 | 203 | #429 |
| 1923 | 177 | #536 | 114 | #593 |
| 1922 | 152 | #583 | 82 | #726 |
| 1921 | 141 | #617 | 39 | #1,151 |
| 1920 | 144 | #598 | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1919 | 115 | #647 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1918 | 117 | #654 | 25 | #1,477 |
| 1917 | 79 | #779 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 1916 | 66 | #832 | 14 | #2,093 |
| 1915 | 65 | #814 | 10 | #2,532 |
| 1914 | 47 | #861 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 1913 | 45 | #786 | 9 | #2,012 |
| 1912 | 46 | #739 | 12 | #1,473 |
| 1911 | 27 | #831 | 8 | #1,335 |
| 1910 | 43 | #650 | 5 | #1,714 |
| 1909 | 32 | #714 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 23 | #815 | 5 | #1,498 |
| 1907 | 15 | #1,012 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,020 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,354 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 20 | #816 | 5 | #1,295 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,057 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,691 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,401 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,133 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,139 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jackie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 170,153 Americans recorded as Jackie, 54% are girls and 46% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jackie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jackie, and how old are they?
110,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 170,153 Americans ever recorded as Jackie. The median Jackie alive today is 64 years old; half are between 53 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 128,298 people named Jackie (91,574 women and girls, 36,724 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 123,472 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,600 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 54,100 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,500 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,420 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,980 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jackie born?
The states with the most babies named Jackie are Texas, California and Tennessee, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Tennessee is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 16,262 | #1,742 | 1.5× |
| California | 10,549 | #2,604 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 8,461 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 7,755 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Kentucky | 7,306 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 7,260 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 7,164 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 7,105 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Oklahoma | 6,835 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Missouri | 6,288 | not ranked | 1.5× |
Where Jackie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jackie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jackie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 190,285 babies since 1880, Jackie is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 148 of their 360 babies (41%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Jackie and names like it
- Compare Jackie and JaciBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sJackie peaked in 1961.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jackie since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Jackie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jackie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.