Jock

Boy · recorded 1916–2009

  • 2009last recorded
  • 1957best year

Most popular in 1957.

Last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jock.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1916

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 70 recorded years as a table
Jock, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19185
19215
19237
19244
19266
19297
19305
19327
19335
19349
19365
19378
19385
194013
19418
19424
19438
19446
194511
19466
194713
194817
194915
195015
195113
195213
195314
19547
195512
195618
195721
195813
195916
196015
196119
196213
196316
196415
19659
196619
196715
19687
19698
197010
19718
197210
19738
19746
19754
19763
19783
19796
198010
19819
19828
198313
19848
198510
19865
19877
19888
19894
19903
19915
19934
19954
20014
20072
20093

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jock isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2009
6
Rank in 2009
#10,994
How rare
1 in 330,595 boys
Since 1916
1,090

Jock was last recorded in 2009. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1957, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jock doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.