# Jacky (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacky/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jackey, Jackie, Jacqui |
| US babies named this | 7,787 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,589 / 1,198 (15% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 112, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Jack + -y.

## 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 | 19 | 6,679 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,596 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,569 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,374 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,282 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,284 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,274 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,645 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,519 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,825 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,201 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,290 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,670 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,688 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,865 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 2,683 |
| 2012 | 48 | 2,571 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,149 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,006 |
| 2015 | 35 | 3,268 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,628 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,919 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,929 |
| 2019 | 29 | 3,751 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,328 |
| 2021 | 17 | 5,427 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,976 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,463 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,359 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,203 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 1,651 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |

## In other languages

- Spanish: Jacky

## People named Jacky

- Jacky Rosen, American politician (born 1957)
- Jacky Ido, Burkinabe actor and musician
- Jacky Peeters, Belgian footballer
- Jacky Durand, French racing cyclist
- Jacky Duguépéroux, French footballer and manager (born 1948)
- Jacky Avril, Canoe racer
- Jacky Mathijssen, Belgian footballer
- Jacky Nercessian, French-Armenian actor
- Jack Higgins, British novelist (1929–2022)
- Leung Nok Hang, association football player

## 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.