Mostly girls · peaked in 1961
Jackie name popularity since 1925
167,808 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jackie (53.4% girls, 46.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1956 or earlier, so the typical Jackie is about 70 years old in 2026. Jackie peaked in 1961 as the #112 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 167,808
- Named Jackie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,163 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 53.4% girls
- 89,548 girls · 78,260 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 3.17× its national share
Peak year is the year Jackie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jackie births per year, 1925–2025
1961 was the biggest year for Jackie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Jackie became 2.5× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1964 and 1969, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 586 to 1 in 1,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jackie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jackie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jackie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,999 | 2,509 | – |
| 1930s | 8,215 | 15,678 | #211 |
| 1940s | 13,090 | 18,125 | #172 |
| 1950s | 19,303 | 18,446 | #187 |
| 1960s | 25,894 | 9,818 | #156 |
| 1970s | 9,304 | 5,919 | #271 |
| 1980s | 6,047 | 3,206 | #388 |
| 1990s | 2,844 | 2,071 | #828 |
| 2000s | 1,386 | 1,352 | #1,592 |
| 2010s | 991 | 798 | #2,048 |
| 2020–25 | 475 | 338 | #2,163 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
44.1% of babies named Jackie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jackie is most popular
The index compares Jackie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jackie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 3.17× | 4,524 |
| Oklahoma | 3.13× | 6,628 |
| Arkansas | 2.93× | 4,898 |
| Kentucky | 2.68× | 7,276 |
| Tennessee | 2.46× | 8,415 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jackie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jackie (this page) | 89,548 | 1961 |
| Jacki | 3,518 | 1961 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jackie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jackie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jackie (1961).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data