Boring name?

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Hi, long time lurker, first time poster!
Due my first baby in July and trying to decide on a name... my favourite right now and what I keep coming back to is Jack.
Is this a boring name now when all these new, elaborate names are popping up or is it still seen as a classic name?

I have a lovely nephew Jack. He's 11 and very quirky. It makes me think of him so not boring at all.

It’s popular for a reason, I see it as a classic name but he will probably be one of several Jacks wherever he goes.

Jack is just such a cool name, one I’ve always loved and one which still manages to sound fresh and cool. There aren’t many other names like this. Others seem to go in and out of fashion. Only other name that can come close is Alexander.

Numbers of baby boys called Jack has actually declined year on year for past 20 years so it’s much rarer than it used to be

I love Jack, and wouldn't hesitate to use it. Some names don't seem to lose anything by their popularity, and I feel Jack is definitely one of these. Other names seem to be appealing at first and then wear out as you see them everywhere. More traditional names like Jack are fine when popular I think. So, not boring at all to me.

I always imagined that if I had a son I'd call him Jack. I do like the name. I don't think it's seen as boring, there are a lot of Jack's in my dd's school though.

It's a nice name. It was originally a diminutive of John, but has been a name in its own right for a long time now. It's strikes me as a sort of solid, dependable name.

I prefer it as a nickname for John, but it's quite nice. Snappy and can fit a number of different personalities.

I think Jack is like Daniel and Oliver. They're nice names that will hold up forever and never go out of fashion.

I like it, definitely not boring.

Thanks for all your comments I’ll definitely be sticking with Jack!

It's a diminutive of John, but it is from Jacques, the french form of James and Jacob.

Just love the name Jack. Such a cool name and sounds fresh and cool
One of those special names

So glad you’re sticking with it

Nothing wrong with Jack! At some point the classics will become the rarity!

lovely name!

Jack is a great name, I love it!

I don’t think it’s being used as much now as it once was, it was popular when I was at school in the 90s.

I love it!! Classic not boring. I used it as a middle name for my child who has a very unusual (foreign) name to balance it out!

Lovely name. The only thing that would put me off is how long it has been so popular which means there are usually multiple Jacks in every school, workplace etc and will be his whole life, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It's lovely!

I think it's a lovely name, and funnily enough not actually that common; I can only think of three Jak/Jacks I've met :)

Brilliant name
Haven’t met a new “jack” in a good few years x

I’m glad you’re sticking with it!

I always thought it was such a boring name until I was pregnant and all of a sudden I loved the sound of it. There’s no Jacks in any baby group I go to, but I’ve met a Hendrix, Ernest & Oakley. Everyone is so into unique names now that the traditional ones are often most striking :)

Jack is a great name, a name that suits all ages

I don't love Jack, but I don't think it's boring. It's just a bit too "craggy action hero" for my taste (maybe because so many men in action films and detective stories are called Jack?) But I don't think today's children would have that association so it would just be seen as a mainstream, but kind of cool name.