Jackye

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Jackye has been given to 197 babies in the U.S. since 1920. 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 1951, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Jackye, 1966

1 in 695,000

Jackye over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jackye: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jackye means

Jackye is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Jackye is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 197 girls were recorded with the name Jackye between 1920 and 1966. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1951; its best national rank was #3,178 in 1951.

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 Jackye?

Jackye had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1966, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1966: 1 in 695,000; 5 of 3,475,564 births
Among girls only: 1 in 338,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1966: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,817 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jackye sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1966 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 481,817 children born in 1966 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jackye. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jackyes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jackye was born before 1951 — so the typical Jackye is around 74 today.

Median birth year: 1951; About 74 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 80.7%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 106; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Jackye 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 1951 (12)
Years since peak: 74; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,178; 1951

Spellings of Jackye

Jackye is not the most common spelling — Jackie is, with 47.2% against Jackye's 0.10%.

Jackie47.2%91,253
Jaclyn25.7%49,632
Jacklyn8.8%16,997
Jacey4.2%8,044
Jacque2.5%4,888
Jacie2.2%4,230
Jacki1.8%3,518
Jacy1.8%3,416

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.

Jackye around the world

Where Jackye 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.

France
1948–1962
#2,029
in 1962

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Jackye by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,178; 1951
Peak year: 1951; 12 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 1966
All-time count: 197
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jackye

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

Jacyln Jaclin Jacoya Jacoba Jacole Jacobi Jackee Jacoby Jacora Jacari Jacara Jackson Jacci Jacques Jaclyne Jacynda Jacoria Vickye Jacky Jacayla Jacquel Jacolyn Jacilyn Jacia

Sibling names for Jackye

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

Kathlyn Randy Oralia Roseanna Roseanne Louann Celestine Nanci

For a brother

Artis Val Williams Rogers Ivory Donn Ike Dannie

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