boys:
589 births since 1915
#3997 (13th percentile)
overall:
589 births since 1915
#7150 (8th percentile)
The name Jac is the #7,150 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 589 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,997 (12.8% percentile) for all time with 589 births since 1915.
Jac first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Jac is available in 65 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jac reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #626) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Jac is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #899 (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jac".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Jac. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Jac is pronounced as jak, which has 1 syllables.
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