unisex name
Jackie
JAK-ee
- Origin English
- Gender Unisex
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 190,727
Northern Ireland
#321
1999 births
Jackie is the third most evenly divided name on this site — 48.9 percent of the births in our records are female, behind only Emerson and Riley among names with more than 50,000 births.
- Jackie is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 1961, when 5,573 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 22,401 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1899.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Jackie over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 9 |
| 1900s | 160 |
| 1910s | 803 |
| 1920s | 5,881 |
| 1930s | 23,893 |
| 1940s | 31,215 |
| 1950s | 37,749 |
| 1960s | 35,712 |
| 1970s | 15,223 |
| 1980s | 9,253 |
| 1990s | 4,915 |
| 2000s | 2,738 |
| 2010s | 1,789 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 813 |
What Jackie means
Jackie means God is gracious if taken from Jack and John, or supplanter if taken from Jacqueline and Jacob. The two parent names are unrelated and both feed it.
Where Jackie comes from
Jackie shortens two names that have nothing to do with each other. Jack comes from John, the Hebrew Yochanan, God is gracious — the route runs through the medieval Jankin rather than from Jacques, despite the resemblance. Jacqueline comes from Jacques and so from Jacob, the supplanter. Because English uses Jackie for both, the name sits almost exactly on the line between the sexes, and our records show it doing so more evenly than all but two names of comparable size. Jackie Robinson and Jackie Kennedy carried it in both directions within a decade of each other.
Jackie in use
Jackie peaked in the United States in 1961, when 5,573 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in exactly one of the six markets we track, at 2166th in the United States on 148 births, across 190,727 lifetime births. About 48.9 percent of recorded births are female — the third-closest to an even split of any name on this site holding more than 50,000 births, behind Emerson at 49.6 and Riley at 49.4.
How popular is Jackie?
In 2025, Jackie was given to 148 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Jackie is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Jackie
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jackie also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jackie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jackie in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Dutch
- Jack Jacqueline
- French
- Jacqueline
- Irish
- Jack
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Jacki
Sibling names for Jackie
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jackie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jackie
What does the name Jackie mean?
God is gracious through Jack and John, or supplanter through Jacqueline and Jacob. The two sources are unrelated.
Is Jackie a boys' or girls' name?
Almost exactly both — 48.9 percent of the births in our records are female, the third-closest to even on this site.
Is Jack short for Jacques?
No, despite the resemblance. Jack comes from John, through the medieval Jankin.
How popular is Jackie?
2166th in the United States, the only market where it charts.
How many syllables are in Jackie?
Jackie has 2 syllables.
Is Jackie a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jackie currently ranks #2,166 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.