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Jackey

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Jack with the suffix -ey

Jackey has been given to 726 babies in the U.S. since 1930. 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 1956, with 31 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Jackey, 2007

1 in 571,000

Jackey over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jackey over time

In 2007, Jackey went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19302007

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jackey: meaning, origin, and history

Jack with the suffix -ey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jackey means

Jackey is formed from Jack with the suffix -ey.

Origin, language, and formation

Jackey is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jack and -ey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 683 boys were recorded with the name Jackey between 1930 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 31 in 1956; its best national rank was #1,401 in 1956.

In the United States, 43 girls were recorded with the name Jackey between 1946 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1967; its best national rank was #4,745 in 1967.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jackey?

Jackey had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007
1 in 571,000
7 of 3,997,748 births
Among boys only
1 in 296,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2007
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
395,862 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jackey 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 2007 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 395,862 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jackey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jackeys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jackey was born before 1958 — so the typical Jackey is around 67 today.

Median birth year
1958
About 67 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.9%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
504
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1950s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (205).

Is Jackey 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1956 (31)
Years since peak
69
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,401
1956

Spellings of Jackey

Jackey is not the most common spelling — Jack is, with 62.6% against Jackey's 0.06%.

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.

Where Jackey is used

Across 1910–2025, Jackey was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,185,794 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Arkansas1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jackey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jackey 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
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Best rank ever
#1,401
1956
Peak year
1956
31 that year
First recorded
1930
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
683
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,745
1967
Peak year
1967
9 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
1972
All-time count
43
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jackey

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

JachinJacionJacoriJacielJaceonJacoryJachaiJacobeJacksenJaceyonJacekJaceionJacarriJacqueJaccobMackeyJacariJacereJacolbyJacksynJacoboJacierJacquezJacobi

Sibling names for Jackey

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

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