Jack

jak Boy English

God is gracious

Etymology

From Middle English Jackin, a pet form of John, ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan, meaning 'God is gracious'. Also used as an anglicized form of French Jacques.

Variants

  • Jac
  • Jake
  • Jace
  • Jak
  • Jacque

Nicknames

  • Jackie
  • Jacky

Rank by region

Region Boys Year
Australia 2025
New South Wales 2025
Victoria 2025
Queensland 2025
Western Australia 2025
South Australia 2025
United States 2025
England and Wales 2025
Scotland 2024
Northern Ireland 2025
Ireland 2025
Canada 2024
New Zealand 2025

Near Jack in Australia, 2025

  1. #9 Charlie
  2. #10 Elijah
  3. #11 Levi
  4. #13 Thomas
  5. #14 Oscar
  6. #15 Archie
Australia top boys

Popularity

Australia

Falling

#12 2025 · 1,004 babies

Jack (boys) rank by year in Australia
YearAustraliaNSWVictoriaQueenslandWASA
2006 #1#1Not ranked#1#1#1
2007 #1#1Not ranked#1#1#1
2008 #1#1#2#1#1#1
2009 #2#2#2#2#1#1
2010 #1#2#1#3#1#1
2011 #1#5#1#3#3#2
2012 #2#4#1#1#2#1
2013 #3#3#2#3#1#4
2014 #3#4#2#3#2#2
2015 #3#3#2#3#2#3
2016 #3#4#2#3#2#2
2017 #3#4#3#4#2#3
2018 #2#4#2#3#2#2
2019 #3#4#2#4#1#4
2020 #4#7#4#3#3#7
2021 #3#3#3#7#3#6
2022 #5#6#3#9#5#13
2023 #9#11#7#10#5#11
2024 #9#14#8#10#7#9
2025 #12#10#8#15#4#10
All of Australia

Falling, but still inside the top 50.

Higher chance of another child sharing it in a school year.