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Albie vs Jacky

Albie and Jackycompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Boys

    In 2018, Albie was ranked #52 and Jacky #3412 among boys in England and Wales.

Albie and Jacky over time

Albie and Jacky appear together in 1 published list, across 19 years of shared records. Albie held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Jacky in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Jacky reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Albie in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Boys19 shared years, 19962018

    Albie held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Jacky in 0.

    Highest recorded here: Albie #52 in 2018, Jacky #1651 in 2002.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2018: Albie #52, Jacky #3412.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Albie, Jacky
FieldAlbieJacky
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagemalemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Syllables22
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IEGB-ENW, GB-NIR
Most recent popularity observationRepublic of Ireland · Boys #179 (2025)England and Wales · Boys #3412 (2018)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Albie and Jacky both have 2 syllables.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, GB-NIR.

How each name got here

Albie

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #853 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Boys

  2. Highest recorded1996–2024

    Highest recorded position: #19 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).

    England and Wales · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #179 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.

    Republic of Ireland · Boys

Jacky

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1996

    First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Boys

  2. Most recent2018

    Most recently recorded at #3412 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.

    England and Wales · Boys