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Jacky

#11,199 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Heel, through Jacqueline

Jacky has been given to 7,787 babies in the U.S. since 1925. In 2025 it ranked #11,199 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1953, with 168 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Jacky, 2025

1 in 553,000

Jacky 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jacky over time

In 2025, Jacky went to 45% girls and 55% boys.

19252025

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.

Jacky: meaning, origin, and history

Heel, through Jacqueline

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacky means

Jacky belongs to the name family reached through Jacky → Jacqueline. Its meaning is “heel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Jacky is used in English and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jacqueline.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Jacky is pronounced /ˈʝaki/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,589 boys were recorded with the name Jacky between 1925 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 168 in 1953; its best national rank was #546 in 1953.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,324 in 2020 to #11,199 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,267 in 2015 to #11,199 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,198 girls were recorded with the name Jacky between 1925 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 42 in 1961; its best national rank was #1,709 in 1931.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,820 in 2020 to #15,861 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #12,277 in 2015 to #15,861 in 2025.

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 Jacky?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,199
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jacky 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacky. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jackys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacky was born before 1962 — so the typical Jacky is around 63 today.

Median birth year
1962
About 63 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
21.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,014
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1950s — 21.6% of all recorded uses (1,425).

Is Jacky 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
−1,845
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−6,875
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,932
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.17×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.6%
Peak was 1953 (168)
Years since peak
72
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#546
1953

Spellings of Jacky

Jacky is not the most common spelling — Jacob is, with 37.9% against Jacky's 0.25%.

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 Jacky is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jacky was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 28,843 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 7,143
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 7,143
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 9,091
  4. 4Alabama1 in 14,286
  5. 5Georgia1 in 20,000
  6. 6New York1 in 20,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 20,000
  8. 8California1 in 25,000

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. Jacky has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jacky is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jacky was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 635,536 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Jacky has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jacky around the world

Where Jacky ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2018
    #3,412
    in 2018
  • Northern Ireland
    2003–2003
    #299
    in 2003
  • France
    1924–2018
    #4,496
    in 2018
  • Canada
    1991–2021
    #2,357
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1970–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jacky

People whose public names include Jacky, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jacky in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jacky. Linked forms have their own page here.

JackJohnJackiJackie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jacky by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,199
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,875
Best rank ever
#546
1953
Peak year
1953
168 that year
First recorded
1925
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,589
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,861
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,041
Best rank ever
#1,709
1931
Peak year
1961
42 that year
First recorded
1925
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,198
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Jacky

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

JacenJacobiJacobyNickyJacoboJacariJacqueLuckyJacquesMickyJacintoJacobeJacoryJaceonJacekJacielJacoreyJacoriRockyJacquezJacolbyJackieJachinJacion

Names with a curve like Jacky

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jacky, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

DannieRonnyEddyDenisMelJerroldStevanKennithValGerryGilGalen

Sibling names for Jacky

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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