Jack
In 2025 Jack comes in at #15 nationally, as settled as a name gets. It crested back in 1927, and what is left is the good kind of familiar: heard of, rarely met.
What Jack carries
Jack · Hebrew
“grace of God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Jack’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Jack, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Jack since 1880
Jack peaked in 1927 at #16; #15 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Jack is most common
The state that gives Jack most often, per boys born there, is Vermont (1.98% in 2025); New Hampshire and Massachusetts are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Jack
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Josephine
#53 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ruth
#173 in 2025 · Hebrew
John
#23 in 2025 · Hebrew
Anna
#107 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mary
#125 in 2025 · Hebrew
Eva
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Juan
#159 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joel
#219 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Jack
Where does Jack rank right now?
In 2025 Jack comes in at #15 nationally, as settled as a name gets. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Jack have a meaning on record?
“grace of God” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Jack?
Josephine, Ruth and John sit nearest to Jack on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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