Recorded 1899–2025 · United States
Jackie was most popular in 1961, when 5,573 American babies were given the name — ranking #161 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,721, with 148 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 170,153 people named Jackie.
Jackie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1899, which makes it about 126 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 127 of the 127 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 170,153 American births named Jackie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 113,902 are estimated to be alive today.
148 American babies were named Jackie in 2025, ranking #2,721 that year.
Jackie is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 136 births a year, against 193 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -29% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jackie is a unisex name — 53.6% of the 170,153 Americans given it were girls and 46.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 56% girls and 44% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 113,902 Americans named Jackie are alive today — 67% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 65 years old, and half are between 54 and 73.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
French · short form of Jacqueline
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org