# Jack (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jack/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norman |
| Meaning | “john” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒæk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Jackie, Jay |
| Variant spellings | Jak |
| US babies named this | 759,677 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 756,943 / 2,734 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 190,333, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Jak, Jakke (also Jackin, Jankyn, etc.), from Anglo-Norman Jakke, *Janke, from Middle Dutch Janke, diminutive of Jan (“John”); equivalent to John + -kin. Doublet of Yankee. It can be also used as nickname for Jacob. Though the name was originally a pet form, it has become more of an independent name. See also Middle French Hennequin, Jannequin, Middle Dutch Janneken, English Jake and Jacques.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 17,859 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,750 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,350 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,247 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,679 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,060 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,853 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,895 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,718 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7,411 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,619 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,233 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,525 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,886 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8,185 | 45 |
| 2012 | 7,941 | 46 |
| 2013 | 8,577 | 40 |
| 2014 | 8,753 | 41 |
| 2015 | 8,514 | 40 |
| 2016 | 8,430 | 38 |
| 2017 | 8,477 | 36 |
| 2018 | 8,894 | 28 |
| 2019 | 9,404 | 19 |
| 2020 | 8,945 | 21 |
| 2021 | 9,568 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8,936 | 15 |
| 2023 | 8,715 | 14 |
| 2024 | 8,472 | 15 |
| 2025 | 8,748 | 15 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,844 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6,230 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6,212 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5,804 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5,371 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4,751 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4,190 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3,988 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3,381 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2,900 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2,847 | 13 |
| 2022 | 2,431 | 14 |
| 2023 | 1,953 | 18 |
| 2024 | 1,711 | 22 |
| 2025 | 1,595 | 24 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: جَاك, يَعْقُوب, جَيْمْس, جَايْمْز
- Bulgarian: Джак, Я́ков
- Chinese: 傑克 /杰克
- Czech: Honza, Honzík, Jakub
- Danish: Jack, Jakob, Jacob
- Esperanto: Ĵakvo, Joĉjo, Jakobo
- Finnish: Jussi, Jaakko
- French: Jeannot, Jacques, Jacob, Jack
- German: Hans, Hanns, Hannes, Hänsel
- Greek: Γιάννης, Τζακ, Ιάκωβος, Ιακώβ
- Hindi: जैक
- Hungarian: Jancsi, Jankó, Jakab
- Italian: Gianni, Giacomo, Giacobbe, Jacopo
- Japanese: ジャック, ヤコブ, ジェームズ, ジェイムズ
- Korean: 잭, 야곱, 야고보, 제임스
- Latin: Iohannes, Ioannes, Iacobus, Jacobus
- Polish: Jasiek, Jaś, Jakub
- Portuguese: João, Jacó, Iago, Tiago
- Russian: Ва́ня, Джек, Я́ков, Джеймс
- Scottish Gaelic: Seoc, Seumas, Sheumais

## People named Jack

- Jack London, American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
- Jack Kerouac, American writer (1922–1969)
- Jack Ma, Chinese businessman
- Jack Lemmon, American actor (1925–2001)
- Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer (1923–2005)
- Jack LaLanne, American exercise instructor (1914–2011)
- Jack Steinberger, German-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921-2020)
- Jack Wilshere, English association football player (born 1992)
- Jack Palance, American actor (1919–2006)
- Jack Szostak, American biologist
- Jack Brabham, Australian racing driver (1926–2014)
- Jack Grealish, English association football player (born 1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.