Jack
Top 1000
About Jack
Jack may have fallen from its Number 1 place in England, but in the US it's as popular as it was at its height in the 1920s and 1930s. A durable, cheery, everyman form of John, Jack ranks as one of the most popular boy names starting with J.
Jack is a derivative of John that originated in medieval England. The name went from John to Johnkin to Jankin to Jackin to Jack. The name was so common in the Middle Ages that Jack became a generic term for a man.
Jack is familiar to all from earliest childhood via Jack and Jill, Jack Sprat, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Jack Horner et al. It is still a recent favorite for novel, TV and movie characters.
Jack is at the top of the charts in Ireland and Scotland, and also ranks highly in Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
The jaunty Scottish version is Jock.
Pronounced JAK.
As of October 2026, Jack ranked #15 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #11 in 2021, Nameberry popularity #38.
Editor's take: The name Jack is a boy's name of English origin meaning "God is gracious".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #41 | 8,753 | 4,556.8 |
| 2015 | #40 | 8,513 | 4,441.4 |
| 2016 | #38 | 8,430 | 4,442.1 |
| 2017 | #35 | 8,477 | 4,579.8 |
| 2018 | #28 | 8,892 | 4,896 |
| 2019 | #19 | 9,402 | 5,240.2 |
| 2020 | #21 | 8,942 | 5,180.5 |
| 2021 | #11 | 9,563 | 5,466.2 |
| 2022 | #15 | 8,930 | 5,114.5 |
| 2023 | #14 | 8,710 | 5,091.9 |
| 2024 | #15 | 8,434 | 4,895.3 |
| 2025 | #15 | 8,748 | 5,121.6 |
World rankings
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Jack on lists
Famous Jacks
- John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
35th President of the United States
- James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee
English stand,up comedian
- Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall
English comedian and TV presenter
- Jack Arthur Davenport
English actor
- Jackson Frayn "Jack" Harries
English actor and vlogger
- Jean
Louis Lebris "Jack" Kerouac, American novelist
- John Griffith "Jack" London
American novelist
- John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson
American actor
- Jack White (born John Anthony Gillis)
American musician of The White Stripes
- Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black
American comedian and actor
- John Hadley Nicanor "Jack" Hemingway
American writer; son of Ernest Hemingway
- Jack French Kemp
U.S. Congressman from New York
- Jacob Joachim "Jack" Klugman
American actor
- Jack Ma (Yun)
Chinese businessman of Alibaba
- Jack Harold Paar
American TV personality
- John Whitaker "Jack" Straw
English politician
- John Randolph "Jack" Webb
American actor
- Jack Wilson McConnell
Baron McConnell of Glenscorrodale, former First Minister of Scotland
- John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon
American actor
- John Bushnell "Jack" Hanna
American zookeeper and TV personality
- John Joseph "Jack" Haley
American actor and comedian
- Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel
American distiller of Jack Daniel's whiskey
- Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky)
American actor and comedian
- Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk)
American actor
- Peter John "Jack" Wagner
American actor
- Jack William Nicklaus
American golfer
- Jack Hody Johnson
American singer,songwriter
- Jack Bassam Barakat
guitarist for All Time Low
- Jack Steinberger
physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Jack Antonoff
American musician
- Jack Wilshere
British football Player
- Jack Falahee
American actor
- John Patrick "Jack" Douglass
American comedy vlogger
- Jack Howard
British vlogger known as part of Jack and Dean
- Jack Maynard
British vlogger
- Jack Morris
American baseball player
- Jack Kevorkian
Controversial American doctor & pathologist
- Jack the Ripper
nickname for an anonymous English serial killer
- Sean "Jack" McLoughlin
Irish YouTuber personality and gamer
- Jack Chick
American Christian Fundamentalist Cartoonist, creator of "Chick Tracts"
- Jack Robert Avery
American pop singer
- Jack Joseph Osbourne
American TV personality and son of Ozzy Osbourne
- Jack Pratt
son of actors Anna Faris and Chris Pratt
- John Christopher "Jack" Depp III
son of Johnny Depp
- Jack Holden Marsden
son of actor James Marsden
- Jack Gordon Cassidy
son of actor Patrick Cassidy
- Jack Haydon Langer Courteney
son of American actress A.J. Langer
- Jack William Jones
son of Ethan & Casey Jones (a quintuplet)
- Jack Montgomery McDermott
son of actor Dean McDermott
- Jack Matfin Bell (b. 2013)
son of actors Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell
- Jack Leon Lynch (b. 2013)
son of tennis player Kim Clijsters
- Jack Lion Hartzler (b. 2014)
son of singer Amy Lee
- Jack Steven Dunham (b. 2015)
son of comedian Jeff Dunham
- Jack Ryder Slomski (b. 2015)
son of Instagram star Caitlin Fladager
- Jack Breckenridge Hooper (b. 2016)
son of actress Alexandra Breckenridge
- Jack Clark Tapper (b. 2016)
son of actress Annaleigh Ashford
- Jack Oscar Statham (b. 2017)
son of actors Rosie Huntington,Whiteley and Jason Statham
- Jack Hiroki Gifford (b. 2018)
son of actress Vinessa Shaw
- Jack Adam Dykstra (b. 2018)
son of actress Jamie,Lynn Sigler
- Jack Shulman (b. 2019)
son of actress Anne Hathaway.
- Jack Lowden
Scottish actor
Jack in pop culture
- Jack Cox
character on "Scrubs"
- Jack Snyder
character on American soap opera "As The World Turns"
- Jack Dawson
main character in the film "Titanic"
- Jack Skellington
character in Disney's "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
- Jack Driscoll
character in "King Kong" series
- Jack Prescott
character in "King Kong" series
- Jack Napier
character in DC Universe, Jack Napier later become the Joker
- Captain Jack Sparrow
main character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Jack Kelly
main character in film and musical 'Newsies'
- Jack Kline
a lead character introduced in the later seasons of CW's "Supernatural"
- Jack Merridew
character in book/film "Lord of the Flies"
- Jack Bauer
main character on TV's "24"
- Jack Ryan
main character in novels by Tom Clancy
- Jack Reacher
main character in novels by Lee Child
- Handsome Jack
character in Borderlands series of games
- Jonathan "Jack" West Junior
character novels by Matthew Reilly
- Jack Aubrey
character in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian and film "Master and Commander"
- Jack Twist
a character in the 'House Of Night' series (PC Cast)
- Jack Geller
Ross and Monica's father on TV's "Friends"
- Jack Bing
son of Monica and Chandler on "Friends"
- Jack Plumb
character in novel "The Nest"
- Jack
pseudonym of the Narrator in book/film "Fight Club"
- Jack Bell
character in film The Thin Red Line
- Jack Burton
character in film Big Trouble in Little China
- Jack Brooks
character in film Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
- Jack Campbell
character from the film The Family Man
- Jack Crawford
character in book/film The Silence of the Lambs
- Jack Powell
character in film "Jack"
- Jack "Weasel" Hammer
character in Marvel Universe
- Jack Hammer and Jack Shipley
characters in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Jack Bristow
character on TV's "Alias"
- Jack Carter
character on "Eureka"
- John Francis "Jack" Donaghy
character on "30 Rock"
- Jack Montgomery
rugaru on TV's "Supernatural"
- Jack
son of Kelly Cline and Lucifer on TV's "Supernatural"
- Jack Frost
character in animated movie "Rise of the Guardians"
- Jack Simpson
main character in G. A. Henty's, Facing Death
- Jack Gallo
character on TV's "Just Shoot Me!"
- Jack Harkness
character on TV's "Doctor Who" and "Torchwood"
- Jack Harper
main character in film "Oblivion"
- Jack Hodgins
character on "Bones"
- Jack McFarland
character on TV's "Will and Grace"
- Jack Malone
character on TV's "Without a Trace"
- Jack Morgan
main character from the "Dragonback" series
- Jack O'Neill
character in "Stargate"
- Jack Sadelstein
character in movie "Jack and Jill"
- Jack Shephard
character on TV's "Lost"
- Jack Smith
main character from "The Magic Tree House" book series by Mary Pope Osborne
- Jack Stanfield
character of the 2006 film "Firewall"
- Jack Thompson
character from TV's "Agent Carter"
- Jack Trainer
character of the 1988 film "Working Girl"
- Jack Tripper
character on TV's "Three's Company"
- Jack Twist
character in book/film Brokeback Mountain
- Jack Torrance
character in book/film "The Shining"
- Jack
character on children's TV series Jack's Big Music Show
- Jack
a main character in the Canadian television series Rusty Rivets
- Jack
main character in the animated TV series Samurai Jack
- Jack
a front,loader from the TV series Thomas and Friends
- Jack Bowser
character on TV's The Electric Company
- Jack Branning
character on British soap EastEnders
- Jack Colero
one of the main characters in The Nutshack
- Jack Fenton
character on animated series Danny Phantom
- Jack Hackett
character on TV's Father Ted
- Jack Landors
Red SPD Ranger on TV's Power Rangers SPD
- Jack O'Neill
main character in the TV series Stargate SG,1
- Jack Spicer
character on TV's Xiaolin Showdown
- Ultraman Jack
character in tokusatsu series The Return of Ultraman
- Dr. Jack McAndrew
character on TV's Red Band Society
- Jack
a main character in Ken Follett's "The Pillars of Earth"
- Jack Daniels
brother of minor villain Xavier Daniels, in "One Tree Hill"
- Jack Simon
Kensi's ex,fiancé in "NCIS: Los Angeles"
- Jack McDermott
character on movie "The Dream Team"
- Jack Zimmermann
character in webcomic "Check, Please!"
- Jack Bunch
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- Jack Porter
character in "The Sims 3" computer game
- Jack Johnson
six,year,old character on TV's "Black,ish"
- Jack Spades
character in "Colorless"
- Jack Ryder
also known as Creeper, character in DC Universe
- DI Jack Robinson
character in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
- Jack Wilder
character in the movie "Now You See Me"
- Jack Brewer
character from Disney XD's "Kickin' It"
- Jack McPhee
character from "Dawson's Creek"
- Jack Noir
character from webcomic "Homestuck"
- Jack Ransone
character from "Sims" series
- Jack Joshua
character from "Lethal Weapon"
- Jack Fairbairn Marrowbone
character in the movie "Marrowbone"
- Jack
also known as Ace, a character from "Are you Alice?"
- Jack/Subject Zero
female Character of the Mass Effect video game trilogy
- Jack Carney
character in the film "Apartment Zero"
- Jack 'Soldier: 76' Morrison
Character from the video game Overwatch Overwatch
- Jack
a character from the game "Minecraft: Story Mode , Season 2"
- Jack Will
character in R. J. Palacio's "Wonder"
- Jack Pearson
main character and father on TV's "This Is Us".
- Jack Fletcher
main protagonist in the series " Young Samurai," by Chris Bradford.
- Jack Cooper
main character of "Titanfall 2"
- Jack Dalton
main character on TV's "MacGyver"
- Jack Griffin
the main character on NBC's television series "A.P. Bio."
- Jack Ransom
character in the upcoming animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Jack Fuller
Jr, character in the 2008 film "What Happens in Vegas" played by Ashton Kutcher
- John James "Jack" McCoy
character on TV show "Law and Order"
- "Jack and Sarah
" 1995 film
- Hit the Road Jack
song written by Percy Mayfield
- "Jumping Jack Flash
" song by the Rolling Stones
- "Jack and Diane
" song by John Cougar Mellencamp
- "Jack Slade
" 1952 western thriller
- Jack and the Beanstalk
fairy tale
- "Jack and Jill
" a nursery rhyme
- "Jack Be Nimble
" a nursery rhyme
- "Jack Sprat
" a nursery rhyme
- "Little Jack Horner
" a nursery rhyme
- "Jack Goes Boating"
2010 film
- Jack Ripley
character in podcast "The Magnus Protocol"