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Jackie

Gender
Boy
Say it
JAK-ee
Origin
Hebrew
US rank, 2025
#2,153 for girls

Jackie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).

What does Jackie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Jack or Jacqueline

A pet form of Jack and of Jacqueline; borne by baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson and by Jackie Kennedy.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Jackie a girl's or a boy's name?

Jackie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 girls and 62 boys in the US.

How popular is Jackie 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 12 boys.

Half of all the boys named Jackie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 1996, 79% of the babies named Jackie in the UK were girls. By 2008 it was 29%, with more boys than girls since 2003.

1996Busiest: 12 in 20082023
Jackie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20232#6,493
20220–
20212#6,291
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20141#6,179
20132#6,127
20124#4,147
20117#2,736
20105#3,478
20091#6,016
200812#1,810
20077#2,554
20065#3,013
20056#2,545
20048#1,983
20037#2,054
20026#2,106
20016#2,049
20001#4,018
19997#1,749
19987#1,727
19970–
19964#2,442

How popular is Jackie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,153among girls
Babies in 2025
86about 1 in 19,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Jackie, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,302nd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 4,256 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899. 62 boys were also named Jackie in 2025 (2,258th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Jackie than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Jackie in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1968, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Jackie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 90% of the babies named Jackie in the US in 1910, and 58% in 2025.

1899Busiest: 4,256 in 19612025
Jackie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202586#2,153
202481#2,282
202380#2,288
202275#2,425
202176#2,366
202077#2,302
201969#2,538
201896#2,026
201791#2,108
201691#2,129
201596#2,039
2014119#1,746
201390#2,108
201298#1,983
2011136#1,592
2010105#1,913
2009133#1,676
2008136#1,653
2007145#1,560
2006118#1,761
2005128#1,589
2004149#1,396
2003135#1,453
2002164#1,223
2001136#1,395
2000142#1,327
1999182#1,092
1998174#1,104
1997193#1,003
1996265#783
1995237#827
1994263#773
1993320#682
1992363#623
1991390#588
1990457#522
1989500#475
1988528#431
1987576#398
1986503#428
1985586#388
1984546#394
1983675#341
1982756#320
1981696#338
1980681#349
1979711#330
1978732#314
1977794#298
1976730#314
1975886#271
1974913#279
1973930#269
19721,026#259
19711,216#239
19701,366#230
19691,343#226
19681,584#196
19671,681#186
19661,936#174
19652,441#156
19643,236#128
19632,821#142
19623,611#126
19614,256#112
19602,985#144
19592,738#155
19582,658#152
19572,363#162
19561,982#180
19551,797#187
19541,733#185
19531,729#184
19521,561#190
19511,467#197
19501,275#209
19491,274#211
19481,467#187
19471,660#174
19461,528#174
19451,262#172
19441,250#171
19431,351#172
19421,223#181
19411,094#178
1940981#189
19391,014#185
19381,062#185
1937899#197
1936948#190
1935805#211
1934859#206
1933700#230
1932671#235
1931631#240
1930626#247
1929512#287
1928436#314
1927451#315
1926333#370
1925267#423
1924282#412
1923177#533
1922152#579
1921141#615
1920144#598
1919115#646
1918117#653
191779#775
191666#831
191565#811
191447#855
191345#782
191246#735
191127#825
191043#644
190932#706
190823#809
190715#990
190614#1,002
19059#1,297
190420#805
190312#1,027
19026#1,593
19017#1,339
190012#1,105
18999#1,098

Names like Jackie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Jackie

Names related to Jackie

More Hebrew names

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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, “Jackie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jackie, updated 20 October 2026.