How rare is the name Jackie?

128,298 people in the United States have the first name Jackie, about 1 in 2,354. It ranks #440 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JACKIE

#440

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
128,298
About
1 in 2,354
This common or more
56.1%
Who bears it

Of the 128,298 people named Jackie, 71.9% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 71.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jackie peaked in 1961, when 5,573 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18992025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
5,573
In 2025*
148 ▼97%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 170,153 babies have been given the name since 1899. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jackie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #193. The largest share of babies named Jackie, 43.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,5999
1900s#1,478160
1910s#1,222803
1920s#4965,881
1930s#19323,893
1940s#19731,215
1950s#20737,749
1960s#21935,712
1970s#34915,223
1980s#5249,253
1990s#9584,915
2000s#1,6272,738
2010s#2,3831,789
2020s#2,882813
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.9%
Baby boom 1946–6443.5%
Generation X 1965–8017.2%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–122.6%
2013 and later1.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jackie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jackie has been most common in Oklahoma (3.1×), West Virginia (3×), and Arkansas (2.8×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.07×).

161,805 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jackie, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Jackie ranks #96,193 of 156,621, with 203 people. See Jackie as a last name

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