Jackie
Jackie was the 2163rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 112th with 4,256 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 115 places. More babies were named Jackie in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Meaning pet form of Jack or Jacqueline · English, French, Hebrew
Say it JAK-ee /ˈdʒæki/
- Rank in 2025
- #2,163 girls, up 147 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 86girls
- Girls and boys
- 58% girls, 42% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19614,256 babies
- Total since 1880
- 170,153babies recorded
What does the name Jackie mean?
Jackie is a pet form of Jack (John), and of French Jacques and its relatives, and for girls of Jacqueline, as Wiktionary notes. Jack was a medieval English pet form of John, from Hebrew Yoḥanan 'YHWH is gracious'; Jacqueline is the French feminine of Jacques (James, from Jacob). Jackie Robinson and Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kennedy are famous bearers.
יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥanan) (Biblical Hebrew, “YHWH is gracious”)יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqov) (Biblical Hebrew, “Jacob”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Jack, Jacqueline, John, Jacques.
See also: Hebrew names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jackie', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'John', DMNES (Durham University)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Jacob', DMNES (Durham University)
Jackie popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,163 | #2,269 | 86 | 62 |
| 2020 | #2,310 | #2,402 | 77 | 55 |
| 2010 | #1,915 | #1,914 | 105 | 74 |
| 2000 | #1,329 | #809 | 142 | 199 |
| 1990 | #523 | #627 | 457 | 263 |
| 1980 | #350 | #377 | 681 | 457 |
| 1970 | #230 | #281 | 1,366 | 753 |
| 1960 | #144 | #207 | 2,985 | 1,367 |
| 1950 | #209 | #140 | 1,275 | 1,927 |
| 1940 | #189 | #108 | 981 | 1,888 |
| 1930 | #247 | #157 | 626 | 974 |
| 1920 | #598 | #1,147 | 144 | 39 |
| 1910 | #650 | #1,715 | 43 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,134 | — | 12 | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Jackie, counting every spelling?
Jackie is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,163 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,163 for Jackie on its own. Together these spellings went to 187 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie | 86 | #2,163 | 398 |
| Jacey | 72 | #2,468 | 397 |
| Jacy | 14 | #7,642 | 94 |
| Jacee | 10 | #9,726 | 54 |
| Jacky | 5 | #15,865 | 38 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jackie?
86 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jackie (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jackie born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 98 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jackie.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jackie?
About 67,500 people born in the US named Jackie are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 54 and 70. That makes Jackie a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jackie by state
How common Jackie was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jackie: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jackie, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Jackie · Sibling names for Jackie
Jackie is also a nickname for Jack, Jacqueline and Jaclyn.
Questions about the name Jackie
What does Jackie mean?
Jackie means “pet form of Jack or Jacqueline” (English, French, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Jackie?
Jackie was the 2163rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 86 babies. Its best year was 1961, when it ranked 112th with 4,256 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 115 places. More babies were named Jackie in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Jackie a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 58% girls, 42% boys given the name Jackie in the US.
Where is Jackie most popular?
In 2021–2025, Jackie was most common in Arkansas (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.