Names/J

Jock

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Jock is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195746 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1916
1,090people given the name
Babies named Jock, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,090 boys have been named Jock in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 46 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 46 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1950s alone account for 26%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Jock
1910s10
1920s33
1930s45
1940s153
1950s288
1960s263
1970s98
1980s151
1990s31
2000s18

In 1957, its biggest year

Jock was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.

Names that rose and fell with Jock

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.