Jacke

Boys' name

Diminutive of Jakob or Jacob

Jacke has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1934. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1934, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Jacke, 1934

1 in 415,000

Jacke over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jacke: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Jakob or Jacob

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacke means

Jacke is a diminutive of Jakob or Jacob.

Origin, language, and formation

Jacke is used in Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jakob and Jacob.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Swedish, Jacke is pronounced /²jakɛ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Jacke between 1934 and 1934. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1934; its best national rank was #3,920 in 1934.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Jacke?

Jacke had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1934, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1934: 1 in 415,000; 5 of 2,076,780 births
Among boys only: 1 in 207,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1934: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 287,904 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jacke sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1934 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,904 children born in 1934 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacke. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jackes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacke was born before 1934 — so the typical Jacke is around 91 today.

Median birth year: 1934; About 91 years old
Biggest decade: 1930s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1930s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Jacke rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1934 (5)
Years since peak: 91; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,920; 1934

Spellings of Jacke

Jacke is not the most common spelling — Jacob is, with 40.9% against Jacke's <0.01%.

Jacob40.9%988,227
Jack31.4%756,943
Jake5.4%129,322
Jace3.8%91,544
Jamie3.7%88,654
Jackie3.3%78,900
Jaime3.0%71,491
Jayce1.9%45,423

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jacke by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,920; 1934
Peak year: 1934; 5 that year
First recorded: 1934
Last recorded: 1934
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jacke

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jacbo Jacie Jacki Jacelyn Jacab Jacore Jacarr Jacodi Jacole Jacoub Jacxon Jaceir Jacare Jacq Jacop Jacoy Jacan Jacir Jacaius Jacklyn Jacobia Jacquil Jacqual Jacoree

Sibling names for Jacke

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shirlee Marlyn Lavonne Claudette Bettye Louella Marlys Billy

For a brother

Boyce Arlen Delano Talmadge Franklyn Huey Shirley Rayford

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