Jacky
Jacky is given to both girls and boys: 5 girls and 6 boys were given it in 2025 (#15,861 among girls’ names and #11,199 among boys’, #15,483 among all names counting both); 7,787 Americans have been recorded with it since 1925 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,750 Americans named Jacky and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 26 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jacky by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jacky mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jacky is “a nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jacky?
#11,199 among boys’ names, 2025
Jacky fell from #3,267 in 2015 to #11,199 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 18.3 to 3.5 per million.
179 babies in 1953, the peak
Jacky peaked in 1953, when 179 babies were given it (168 boys, #546 among boys’ names). The 11 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 6% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,861 | 6 | #11,199 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,683 | 8 | #9,354 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,665 | 11 | #7,458 |
| 2022 | 6 | #14,285 | 15 | #5,971 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,196 | 17 | #5,422 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,820 | 23 | #4,324 |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,513 | 29 | #3,748 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,640 | 27 | #3,925 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,270 | 27 | #3,915 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,279 | 30 | #3,627 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #12,277 | 35 | #3,267 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,368 | 38 | #3,004 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,565 | 35 | #3,147 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,592 | 48 | #2,570 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,676 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,037 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,201 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,653 | 47 | #2,645 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,204 | 76 | #1,881 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,273 | 89 | #1,622 |
| 2005 | 14 | #8,057 | 61 | #2,039 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,193 | 83 | #1,582 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,959 | 82 | #1,551 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,999 | 64 | #1,796 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,398 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,741 | 99 | #1,300 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,058 | 94 | #1,294 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,474 | 78 | #1,450 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,673 | 99 | #1,198 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,789 | 112 | #1,081 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,217 | 84 | #1,275 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,101 | 77 | #1,331 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,388 | 74 | #1,322 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,796 | 61 | #1,490 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,599 | 50 | #1,654 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,135 | 46 | #1,735 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,102 | 44 | #1,739 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,628 | 40 | #1,743 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,270 | 28 | #2,143 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,892 | 34 | #1,807 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,173 | 32 | #1,846 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,553 | 36 | #1,639 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,551 | 36 | #1,642 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,669 | 26 | #2,079 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,817 | 43 | #1,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,516 | 41 | #1,505 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,783 | 35 | #1,646 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,587 | 37 | #1,549 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,038 | 38 | #1,497 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,742 | 49 | #1,245 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 43 | #1,329 | |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,063 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,663 | 39 | #1,335 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,645 | 41 | #1,316 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,872 | 60 | #1,053 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,247 | 67 | #996 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,834 | 47 | #1,139 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,857 | 66 | #887 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,928 | 59 | #944 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,087 | 71 | #866 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,770 | 58 | #972 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,213 | 84 | #827 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,905 | 90 | #801 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,044 | 101 | #761 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,771 | 103 | #758 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,119 | 127 | #697 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,308 | 129 | #671 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,474 | 126 | #678 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,375 | 137 | #654 |
| 1956 | 18 | #2,759 | 154 | #609 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,662 | 143 | #622 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,218 | 162 | #580 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,561 | 168 | #546 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,099 | 142 | #586 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,826 | 147 | #563 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,134 | 117 | #643 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,410 | 104 | #670 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,754 | 119 | #620 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,964 | 116 | #641 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,793 | 121 | #583 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,276 | 91 | #634 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,508 | 89 | #659 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,384 | 105 | #616 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,079 | 82 | #710 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,739 | 89 | #647 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,482 | 86 | #650 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,005 | 97 | #585 |
| 1938 | 9 | #3,030 | 66 | #752 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,827 | 60 | #795 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,322 | 56 | #820 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,964 | 56 | #839 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,822 | 51 | #883 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,988 | 42 | #988 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,123 | 40 | #1,067 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,709 | 32 | #1,230 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,864 | 16 | #1,926 |
| 1929 | under 5 | 12 | #2,386 | |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,043 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1927 | under 5 | 10 | #2,802 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 10 | #2,802 | |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,353 | 7 | #3,566 |
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 Jacky a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,787 Americans recorded as Jacky, 15% are girls and 85% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jacky: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jacky, and how old are they?
5,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 7,787 Americans ever recorded as Jacky. The median Jacky alive today is 50 years old; half are between 26 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 7,083 people named Jacky (2,356 women and girls, 4,727 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 6,135 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 333 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,860 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 851 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 963 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,340 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 403 |
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 Jacky born?
The states with the most babies named Jacky are Texas, California and New York, with 51% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 720 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 680 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New York | 643 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 499 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Oklahoma | 337 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Georgia | 228 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 219 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Arkansas | 211 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| North Carolina | 121 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 79 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Jacky is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jacky is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1925 it was given 3.0 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 boys’ 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 Jacky 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 402,333 babies since 1880, Jacky is the fourth most given (1.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 3,960 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
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 Jacky and names like it
- Compare Jacky and JackieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJacky peaked in 1953.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jacky since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Jacky.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jacky alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.