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Jack - just too popular?

54 replies

Izzy222 · 07/03/2008 12:35

I know it's been top of the most popular names for years, but the only Jack I know is 90 years old. Are there really so many Jacks out there? Perhaps those of you with babies/school age children will know...

thanks!

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allegrageller · 07/03/2008 12:37

there are 3 in ds1's class of 22!

pooka · 07/03/2008 12:37

I know a 7 year old Jack and a 4 year old Jack. No others. BUt then I know more little girls than boys.

meadow6 · 07/03/2008 13:08

Jack is so popular where I live. I have always thought it a great name so when I had my son I called him Jackson to be slighly different and also I thought it was a cool name!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 07/03/2008 13:10

I know a grown-up Jack and two little boys, one of them it's his middle name, the other boy is Jackson.

meemar · 07/03/2008 13:11

I have 2 boys (ages 4 and 2) and we don't know any Jacks. Josh, Jake and Oscar are very popular though.

shreddies · 07/03/2008 13:11

DH wanted Jack but we avoided it for the same reason. I haven't met a single one since DS was born last Jan, so I'm not sure

PortAndLemon · 07/03/2008 13:13

I know two the same age as DS (3). I don't know any younger than that in RL, though.

trishpops · 07/03/2008 13:15

we have decided to name our baby jack if it's a boy.....my sis said "oh but it's very popular" (meaning common).....but i don't know any jack's. even if i did it wouldn't stop me. it's a strong name, cute for a child but matures well for a man, difficult to mess with, not many abbreviations that i can think of.

Hulababy · 07/03/2008 13:18

If you like it use it anyway. Names are popular simply as they are nice names!FWIW I don't know any little boys called Jack, and in my 9 years of teaching (albeit secondary) I only taught 2 or 3.

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Izzy222 · 07/03/2008 13:19

Yes, I agree Trishpops... and maybe there's a backlash going on so that by the time our kids are in nursery there aren't many Jacks around!

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trishpops · 07/03/2008 13:22

go for it izzy222! i'm sick of seeing/hearing names that are so obviously chosen just to be 'different'. i'm all for originality but a name is for life......i recently heard of a little girl called Spearmint. true.

kittywise · 07/03/2008 13:25

jack, so common now, find another name!

hatrick · 07/03/2008 13:43

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nickytwotimes · 07/03/2008 13:44

It is popular, but it is a nice name.

Fimbo · 07/03/2008 13:45

My ds's school is over-run with Jacks.

PrettyCandles · 07/03/2008 13:48

Dh keeps calling ds "Xxx-Jack", instead of using his real middle name. I keep saying to him that as he likes it so much, let's change ds's middle name to Jack, but he doesn't want to. I like Jack, but I prefer Jacob and use Jack as a nickname.

I only know one child named Jack, and he's about 8.

Oblomov · 07/03/2008 13:51

Ds is Jack. He is named after his granddad. We have only met one other.
Keep waiting for this influx of the other 3 million.
I didn't know it was the most popular name ( yes really, I never looked ), so it makes me sad.

Oblomov · 07/03/2008 13:53

But it has been top for ... the last ....6 years , or something stupis , and I think it still is ?
So where are they all
If it has been top for 6 years wher eare the 6 yr ols and the 5 yr ols etc etc
They should be at baby groups, toddler, nursery, school, EVERYWHERE ?

Pesha · 07/03/2008 13:55

Dont know any Jacks at my dc's school, no friends with jacks, in fact I dont think I know of anyone called Jack!! Names seem to be regional in their popularity I think.

But even if there were lots I wouldnt let it me put me off if it was a name I really loved. If its a choice of 2 you like equally I'd go for the less popular to avoid confusion of your child being in a class with 3 others. But if you really love it then I wouldnt let that stop me.

Bink · 07/03/2008 13:57

Yes, there are a good few. Around the same as the Alexanders.

A plea - which I know is totally unreasonable & something a mother-in-law would say, but - as Jack is traditionally not a name per se, but is a pet form of John - and John's such a nice name & not over-common - can't you call your baby John? & then he can be known as Jack if you want.

ladytophamhatt · 07/03/2008 13:58

I g=don't know any Jacks

Mum2b2BabyRoo · 07/03/2008 13:58

I love the name Jack and who cares if it is popular!

kerala · 07/03/2008 14:02

Ooh I know loads. Would avoid if the popularity of it bothers you. At least 3 at any toddler group I go to and of my close friends there are two.

Think it will end up being our generations equivalent of John - every other 60 year old man I know is called John.

The other uber popular one is Tom. Both great names but again, if it bothers you that you are really going with the crowd I would have a rethink. We abandoned dds name the week before birth when we realised it had topped the charts for a while in favour of something abit more original and have never regretted that decision.

Tutter · 07/03/2008 14:03

there are loads

plus ti s a diminutive

call him john if you m,ust

edam · 07/03/2008 14:09

I know lots of Jacks - three in ds's class alone. And agree with Tutter. It's a nickname, you should register the formal name and use Jack for everyday if you wish.

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