Jacks — #10547 US boys' name
69 babies named Jacks in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 26% of names given to boys today.
77% of everyone ever named Jacks was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jacks in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacks
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Jacks between 2010 and 2024, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacks currently holds the #10547 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacks performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jacks shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacks 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 69 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.
Jacks at a glance
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Current rank
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Jacks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2010
- Peak year (2014)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
Currently ranks #10547 among boys.
69 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 9 births in a single year.
Jacks by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 53 births that decade — 77% of Jacks's all-time total
Jacks decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jacks's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
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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, 2010–2024 (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.