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Jackie Say it: JAK-ee
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Meaning A pet form of Jacqueline for girls and of Jack or John for boys.
Certain scholars 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 0 1 2 3 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1961 Boys 1935 per 1,000 babies of that sex 169,458 babies given this name since 1899 At its height in 1938, about 1 in 1,000 girls 129 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Jacky
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