Jack
Meaning and origin
From English Jack. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1883.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jack (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jack has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 71 |
| 1999 | 89 |
| 2000 | 72 |
| 2001 | 77 |
| 2002 | 88 |
| 2003 | 95 |
| 2004 | 84 |
| 2005 | 107 |
| 2006 | 182 |
| 2007 | 201 |
| 2008 | 226 |
| 2009 | 232 |
| 2010 | 249 |
| 2011 | 256 |
| 2012 | 310 |
| 2013 | 320 |
| 2014 | 303 |
| 2015 | 249 |
| 2016 | 283 |
| 2017 | 264 |
| 2018 | 296 |
| 2019 | 305 |
| 2020 | 317 |
| 2021 | 326 |
| 2022 | 284 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 1,775 |
| 2000 | – | 1,828 |
| 2001 | – | 1,903 |
| 2002 | – | 1,977 |
| 2003 | – | 2,055 |
| 2004 | – | 2,133 |
| 2005 | – | 2,228 |
| 2006 | – | 2,408 |
| 2007 | – | 2,591 |
| 2008 | – | 2,822 |
| 2009 | – | 3,059 |
| 2010 | – | 3,305 |
| 2011 | – | 3,557 |
| 2012 | – | 3,879 |
| 2013 | – | 4,217 |
| 2014 | – | 4,554 |
| 2015 | – | 4,806 |
| 2016 | – | 5,109 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5,405 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,714 |
| 2019 | 29 | 6,021 |
| 2020 | 28 | 6,336 |
Jack in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jack.Hi! My name is Jack.
- Jack har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jack has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jacks mamma är lärare.Jack's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jacks mamma is Jack's mum.
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Questions about Jack
How do you pronounce Jack in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jack from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jack mean?
From English Jack. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1883.
How popular is Jack in Sweden?
284 babies were named Jack in 2022. In 2020, 6,364 people in Sweden had Jack as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.