Jacek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YAH-tsek
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jacek is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “hyacinth flower”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jacek mean?
Greek: Polish form of Hyacinth
“hyacinth flower”
Saint Hyacinth, Swiety Jacek in Polish, was a 13th-century Dominican missionary from Poland.
Is Jacek a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacek in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jacek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Jacek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jacek, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Jacek in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
Names like Jacek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaxon Lucas Jacob Jenson Jayden Theo Luca Jonah Noah Mason Hudson Nico
Names related to Jacek
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jacek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacek, updated 20 October 2026.