Jock — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jock

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,090 babies named Jock between 1916 and 2009, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jock currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jock performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jock shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Jock in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jock 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 1,090 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.