Girls' name · since 1961
Jacqeline
Jacqeline has 99 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
99 girls have been named Jacqeline since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jacqeline has 99 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2000.
- #27,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 99 born since 1961
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacqeline ranks #27,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 99 born since 1961, peaking in the 1960s.
- #27,215 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1961
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jacqeline's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacqeline's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jacqeline splits its recorded history at 1972: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1964 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jacqeline popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2000
- Peak year (1964)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jacqeline by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (55 births, 56% of the file).
1960s was Jacqeline's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jacqeline births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 55 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Jacqeline's decade-level peak was the 1960s (55 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacqeline: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacqeline draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.