Jacquelin — #8972 US girls' name
9,677 babies named Jacquelin in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to girls today.
17% of everyone ever named Jacquelin was born in this single decade.
211 babies were named Jacquelin in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacquelin
The Social Security Administration has registered 9,677 babies named Jacquelin between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacquelin currently holds the #8972 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 211 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacquelin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,607 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jacquelin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,362 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacquelin in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacquelin 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 9,677 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.
Jacquelin at a glance
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Current rank
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Jacquelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2000)
- 211
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #8972 among girls.
9,677 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 211 births in a single year.
Jacquelin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,607 births that decade — 17% of Jacquelin's all-time total
Jacquelin decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,607 births
- Runner-up 1,322 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jacquelin's strongest decade
1,607 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Jacquelin by state
Where Jacquelin concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,362 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 770 | 8.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 503 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 404 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 283 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 265 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 249 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 232 | 2.4% |
1,362 of 9,677 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.1% of nationwide
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jacquelin appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1913–2024 (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.