Jacquel — unisex name
363 babies named Jacquel in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Jacquel was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Jacquel in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacquel
The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Jacquel between 1961 and 2005, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacquel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Jacquel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 168 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacquel performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jacquel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jacquel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacquel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jacquel at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacquel popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1961
- Peak year (1964)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
363 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 22 births in a single year.
Jacquel popularity over time — boys
168 total births recorded since 1987 (Jacquel as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jacquel accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jacquel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 129 births that decade — 36% of Jacquel's all-time total
Jacquel decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jacquel's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jacquel by state
Where Jacquel concentrates geographically — total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 123 | 33.9% |
123 of 363 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 33.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 33.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.