How Many People Are Named Jackie?

112,234

people named Jackie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,045 people in the US has this name

Based on 170,153 babies named Jackie in Social Security records from 1899 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#493

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#17

See the top 100

Peak Year

1961

5,573 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: JAK-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive of JACK or JACQUELINE. A notable bearer was baseball player Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
61.0%
Male
39.0%

Of the babies given the name Jackie, 61% were girls and 39% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jackie fell from 93.8% in the 1900s to 58.4% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1930s, at 34.4%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jackie alive today is about 61 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 72 in 2025.

Under 30 6,840
6.1%
30 to 59 34,711
30.9%
60 and over 70,682
63%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jackie first appears in the records in 1899 and was given most often in 1961, to 5,573 babies. In 2025, 148 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1899 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jackie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #112, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #2,163. Among boys, its best rank was #102, in 1935.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#2,163#2,269
Best rank#112 (1961)#102 (1935)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#148 in the 1960s#162 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jackie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jackie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 10,150 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jackie was given 3 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.5 times in Arkansas and 2.4 times in Tennessee.

Texas 10,150
California 7,918
Tennessee 5,420
North Carolina 5,151
Ohio 5,070
Georgia 4,620
Illinois 4,560
Kentucky 4,373
Alabama 3,685
New York 3,547
Missouri 3,503
Oklahoma 3,403
Indiana 3,371
Michigan 3,227
Florida 3,154
Arkansas 2,894
South Carolina 2,857
Virginia 2,743
Louisiana 2,635
Mississippi 2,548
Pennsylvania 2,448
West Virginia 2,318
Wisconsin 1,569
Iowa 1,476
Minnesota 1,368
Kansas 1,347
Washington 1,273
Colorado 1,017
New Jersey 945
Maryland 905
Utah 865
Oregon 834
Arizona 832
Nebraska 784
New Mexico 682
Massachusetts 443
Idaho 442
Montana 339
South Dakota 327
North Dakota 270
Connecticut 228
District of Columbia 226
Wyoming 178
Maine 111
Nevada 93
Alaska 70
Hawaii 62
Delaware 43
Rhode Island 35
New Hampshire 12
Vermont 6

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