Jack

Meaning and origin of Jack

Popularity of Jack in France since 1986

• Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1945.
• Over recent years, Jack has been stable (−2.8% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Jack every 39 schools, all spellings combined.

Jack in English-speaking countries

Jack ranks 1^st in Ireland, 2^nd in Northern Ireland and 5^th in British Columbia (Canada), against 762^nd in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  1^st boys’ name1,526 babies in 3 years1 boy in 47−2.5% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  2^nd boys’ name426 babies in 3 years1 boy in 60−3.7% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  8^th boys’ name732 babies in 3 years1 boy in 82−7.7% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  5^th boys’ name518 babies in 3 years1 boy in 86+6% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  6^th boys’ name549 babies in 3 years1 boy in 90−5.1% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  5^th boys’ name1,548 babies in 3 years1 boy in 110+0.1% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  21^st boys’ name5,259 babies in 3 years1 boy in 157−10.9% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  14^th boys’ name25,935 babies in 3 years1 boy in 198−0.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Jake60
• Jaakabroad

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Jack

• Jim
• Prince
• Jed
• Scott
• Mike
• Dean
• Matt
• Luke
• Jimmy
• Kim
• Wayne
• Kenny