# Jock (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jock/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈd͡ʒɑk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,090 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,090 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 19, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Scots variant of Jack.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 14 | 3,197 |
| 1983 | 23 | 2,239 |
| 1984 | 14 | 3,185 |
| 1985 | 19 | 2,642 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,289 |
| 1987 | 13 | 3,624 |
| 1988 | 15 | 3,435 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,373 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,581 |
| 1991 | 11 | 4,928 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,177 |
| 1995 | 7 | 7,357 |
| 2001 | 7 | 8,720 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,300 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,650 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Jock

- Jock Landale, Australian basketball player (born 1995)
- Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (1919-1989)
- Jock Sturges, American photographer (born 1947)
- Jock Clear, British engineer
- Jock Rutherford, English footballer and manager (1884-1963)
- Jock Sturrock, Australian yachtsman (1915-1997)
- Jock Young, British sociologist and criminologist (1942-2013)
- Jock Simpson, Footballer (1886–1959)

## 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.