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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jock

Jock was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1143rd with 46 babies. More babies were named Jock in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
195746 babies
Total since 1880
1,090babies recorded

Jock popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#7,5816
1980#2,67118
1970#2,09219
1960#1,45031
1950#1,41127
1940#1,84815
1930#3,8026
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Jock, counting every spelling?

Jock has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Jock?

About 800 people born in the US named Jock are alive today, with a median age of 62; half are between 46 and 70. That makes Jock a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Jock by state

How common Jock was among boys born in each state in 1955–1959, around its peak. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesIL0.01Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jock, boys, 1955–1959. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jock: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jock, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jock

How popular is the name Jock?

Jock was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1957, when it ranked 1143rd with 46 babies. More babies were named Jock in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Jock a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,090 boys.

Where was Jock most popular?

In 1955–1959, Jock was most common in California (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Illinois.