Entry № 1145 · English, French origin

Jackie Jackie — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JAK-ee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, French
Meaning
"God is gracious (Jackie Kennedy; Jackie Joyner-Kersee)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 900
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "god is gracious (jackie kennedy; jackie joyner-kersee)".

Jackie is a diminutive of Jacqueline — the French feminine of Jacques (James), from the Hebrew *Yaakov* ("supplanter"). **A top-100 US baby name from 1953 to 1968**. **Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994)** — **American First Lady (1961-1963) and global style icon; her 1962 televised White House tour was watched by 80 million Americans; her oversized sunglasses, pillbox hats, and Oleg Cassini wardrobe shaped 1960s American fashion**. **Editor at Doubleday from 1978 until her death**. **Jackie Joyner-Kersee (born 1962)** — American track and field athlete; **first woman to score 7,000+ points in a heptathlon (1986); three-time Olympic gold medalist; *Sports Illustrated*'s Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century**. **Jackie Brown (Tarantino)**; **Jackie Robinson** is male.

Subject of Pablo Larraín's *Jackie* (2016) starring Natalie Portman.

God is gracious. Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hat; Jackie Joyner-Kersee was Sports Illustrated's Greatest Female Athlete of the century.

The name in its native script.

Jackie
Transliteration
Jackie
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒæk.i /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jackie stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 900 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 88 in 1962
Babies named Jackie · last year
260 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1923
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · #88 NOW · #900

Jackies before her.

Real people
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
US First Lady.
1929 – 1994
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
American Olympic heptathlete.
born 1962
In fiction
Jackie Brown
Tarantino's Jackie Brown.
1997

Names connected to Jackie.

The number behind Jackie.

3

The Communicator

Jackie reduces to three — the number of God is gracious.

Why families chose this name.

"Kennedy's grace. Six letters. Jackie."
Catherine · Mother of one · Newport