Jackie — #2275 US unisex name
91,167 babies named Jackie in U.S. Social Security records since 1899, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 87% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Jackie was born in this single decade.
4,256 babies were named Jackie in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jackie
The Social Security Administration has registered 91,167 babies named Jackie between 1899 and 2024, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jackie currently holds the #2275 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 4,256 babies received it in a single year. Jackie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 78,836 additional births since 1904.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jackie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 25,895 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Jackie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8,290 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jackie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jackie 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 91,167 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.
Jackie at a glance
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Jackie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1899
- Peak year (1961)
- 4,256
- Annual births at peak — across 126 years of records
Currently ranks #2275 among girls.
91,167 total births across 126 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 4,256 births in a single year.
Jackie popularity over time — boys
78,836 total births recorded since 1904 (Jackie as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jackie accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jackie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 25,895 births that decade — 28% of Jackie's all-time total
Jackie decade highlights
- Peak decade 25,895 births
- Runner-up 19,303 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jackie's strongest decade
25,895 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Jackie by state
Where Jackie concentrates geographically — total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8,290 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 7,839 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 4,711 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 4,032 | 4.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 3,774 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 3,557 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 3,313 | 3.6% |
| #8 | New York | | 3,056 | 3.4% |
8,290 of 91,167 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jackie appears in 51 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, 1899–2024 (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.