Girl or boy · English
Jackie
Say it: JAK-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Jacqueline for girls and of Jack or John for boys.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used for both sexes in the US, rising for girls after Jacqueline Kennedy's prominence.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States
- 169,458 babies given this name since 1899
- At its height in 1938, about 1 in 1,000 girls
- 129 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jacky
Famous bearers
- Jackie Robinson, American baseball player
- Jackie Kennedy, US First Lady
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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