Girl & boy name
Jackie
Jackie holds the #2153 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 86 newborn girls in a single year. After peaking all the way back in 1961, Jackie is staging a comeback — its rank has improved for at least three years in a row. Its strongest year on record was 1961 (#112 nationally, 4,256 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1899. The name's biggest fan base is in Arkansas (#555 there in 2025).
Rankings
Jackie popularity, 1880–2025
Where Jackie is most popular
Uniqueness score
Distinctive without being unheard of. Based on how many babies per birth were named Jackie in the most recent year of SSA data.
Jackie as a boy name
Jackie is currently the #2258 boy name in the United States, based on 2025 Social Security data. In raw numbers: 62 babies. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Looking at the full record since 1904, Jackie hit its all-time high of #102 in 1935, when 1,901 boys were given the name. State by state, Tennessee leads the way at #1040.