girls:
91.1k births since 1899
#395 (93rd percentile)
boys:
78.8k births since 1904
#365 (92nd percentile)
overall:
169.9k births since 1899
#444 (94th percentile)
The name Jackie is the #444 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 169,874 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 94.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #395 (93.1% percentile) for all time with 91,083 births since 1899. For boys, it ranks #365 (92.1% percentile) for all time with 78,791 births since 1904.
Jackie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for girls and 1904 for boys).
The name Jackie is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 62.0% of babies named Jackie were girls.
For girls, Jackie reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 85.9% percentile (ranked #112) with 2,049 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 2,049 births per million (ranked 85.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jackie ranks #872 for girls (7.9% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 2.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jackie reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 80.4% percentile (ranked #102) with 1,777 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 1,777 births per million (ranked 80.4% percentile). Despite a low point around 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Jackie ranks #867 for boys (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 1.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jackie".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Jackie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Jackie is pronounced as JA-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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