Jacqueline

Girls’ name Recorded 1891-2025

Jacqueline was given to 541 girls in 2025, #558 among girls’ names; 427,479 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).

An estimated 334,000 Americans named Jacqueline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 35 and 66.

Babies named Jacqueline each year, first recorded in 1891

Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).

Jacqueline or Jacquelyn Names of the 1960s Names in California

Births of Jacqueline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.

What does Jacqueline mean?

Wiktionary, English section

Jacqueline is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the senses “James” (Jacques) and “Jacob” (יעקב) and “heel” (עקב).

From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya’akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.

/ˈdʒækəlɪn/

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, entry Jacqueline (English), CC BY‑SA 4.0. Quoted from the entry; text after a cross-reference to another sense is left out.

Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).

How popular is Jacqueline?

#558 among girls’ names, 2025

Jacqueline fell from #258 in 2015 to #558 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.69 to 0.34 per 1,000.

12,023 babies in 1964, the peak

Jacqueline peaked in 1964, when 12,023 babies were given it (11,975 girls, #37 among girls’ names). The 541 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.

Jacqueline by year
Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 girls
2025	541	#558	0.34
2024	516	#586	0.32
2023	564	#537	0.35
2022	629	#503	0.38
2021	660	#475	0.40
2020	696	#443	0.43
2019	821	#382	0.49
2018	941	#340	0.55
2017	927	#350	0.54
2016	1,134	#280	0.64

Every recorded year (133)

Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 girls
2015	1,232	#258	0.69
2014	1,309	#248	0.73
2013	1,331	#239	0.76
2012	1,321	#243	0.75
2011	1,560	#202	0.89
2010	1,809	#171	1.0
2009	1,967	#163	1.1
2008	2,264	#153	1.2
2007	2,621	#133	1.4
2006	2,859	#118	1.5
2005	2,850	#116	1.5
2004	3,066	#108	1.7
2003	3,400	#100	1.9
2002	3,754	#81	2.1
2001	4,301	#70	2.4
2000	5,037	#64	2.8
1999	3,901	#79	2.2
1998	3,500	#95	2.0
1997	4,278	#77	2.5
1996	4,862	#69	2.8
1995	4,793	#70	2.7
1994	5,183	#65	2.9
1993	4,516	#74	2.5
1992	4,689	#76	2.5
1991	4,989	#70	2.7
1990	5,237	#67	2.8
1989	5,444	#64	3.0
1988	5,544	#62	3.1
1987	5,627	#54	3.2
1986	5,036	#57	2.9
1985	5,250	#60	3.1
1984	5,549	#56	3.3
1983	5,405	#53	3.2
1982	5,493	#54	3.2
1981	4,334	#67	2.6
1980	3,879	#81	2.3
1979	3,740	#80	2.3
1978	3,576	#81	2.3
1977	3,148	#92	2.1
1976	2,948	#99	2.0
1975	3,314	#90	2.3
1974	3,573	#83	2.4
1973	3,500	#88	2.4
1972	3,803	#79	2.5
1971	4,784	#75	2.9
1970	5,576	#66	3.2
1969	5,920	#62	3.5
1968	6,745	#50	4.1
1967	6,954	#52	4.2
1966	8,360	#47	4.9
1965	9,413	#47	5.3
1964	11,975	#37	6.3
1963	8,562	#51	4.4
1962	9,832	#44	5.0
1961	10,983	#37	5.4
1960	5,654	#85	2.8
1959	4,324	#111	2.1
1958	4,786	#99	2.4
1957	5,288	#91	2.6
1956	6,062	#78	3.0
1955	6,041	#73	3.1
1954	6,522	#68	3.4
1953	7,128	#58	3.8
1952	6,938	#58	3.7
1951	6,915	#56	3.8
1950	6,455	#55	3.8
1949	6,040	#58	3.5
1948	5,838	#58	3.4
1947	6,011	#59	3.4
1946	5,083	#62	3.2
1945	3,989	#63	3.1
1944	3,975	#64	3.0
1943	4,189	#65	3.0
1942	3,831	#69	2.8
1941	3,388	#73	2.8
1940	3,215	#76	2.8
1939	3,388	#72	3.1
1938	3,633	#69	3.3
1937	3,400	#70	3.2
1936	3,362	#66	3.2
1935	3,115	#79	3.0
1934	3,038	#80	2.9
1933	2,756	#86	2.7
1932	2,875	#85	2.7
1931	3,134	#78	2.9
1930	3,414	#74	3.0
1929	2,970	#87	2.7
1928	2,739	#97	2.4
1927	2,447	#115	2.1
1926	2,245	#119	1.9
1925	1,990	#135	1.6
1924	1,771	#148	1.4
1923	1,402	#165	1.2
1922	1,021	#201	0.85
1921	757	#239	0.61
1920	540	#282	0.45
1919	396	#317	0.35
1918	286	#386	0.25
1917	237	#411	0.22
1916	176	#483	0.17
1915	182	#456	0.18
1914	132	#481	0.17
1913	133	#428	0.21
1912	89	#513	0.16
1911	53	#587	0.13
1910	56	#546	0.14
1909	50	#536	0.14
1908	57	#478	0.17
1907	45	#539	0.14
1906	24	#748	0.08
1905	29	#659	0.10
1904	23	#741	0.08
1903	14	#948	0.05
1902	18	#832	0.07
1901	19	#752	0.08
1900	20	#843	0.07
1899	9	#1,140	0.04
1898	14	#941	0.05
1897	5	#1,654	0.02
1896	7	#1,358	0.03
1894	5	#1,582	0.02
1893	8	#1,127	0.04
1891	7	#1,149	0.04

Download Jacqueline’s births by year (CSV)

Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.

Is Jacqueline a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Jacqueline has been given almost only to girls: 1,391 boys in 133 years of records.

Girls and boys named Jacqueline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.

How many people are named Jacqueline, and how old are they?

334,000 alive in 2026, estimated

That is 78% of the 427,479 Americans ever recorded as Jacqueline. The median Jacqueline alive today is 54 years old; half are between 35 and 66.

The 2020 Census counted 331,316 people named Jacqueline (330,991 women and girls, 325 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 353,986 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.

Alive today, by age

100-109122

90-994,120

80-8918,000

70-7947,000

60-6968,100

50-59 (median)43,400

40-4943,600

30-3949,700

20-2936,500

10-1916,400

0-96,260

Alive today, by generation

By generation
Generation	Born	Alive
Silent Generation	1928-1945	19,000
Baby Boomers	1946-1964	103,000
Generation X	1965-1980	73,100
Millennials	1981-1996	80,000
Generation Z	1997-2012	48,000
Generation Alpha	2013-2025	11,200

An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.

Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).

Where are babies named Jacqueline born?

The states with the most babies named Jacqueline are California, New York and Illinois, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.

States with the most births: girls and boys together; rank among girls’ names in the state in 2025
State	Since 1910	Rank, girls	vs. national
California	52,428	#468	1.3×
New York	44,664	#642	1.3×
Illinois	27,005	#959	1.2×
Texas	26,030	#572	0.9×
Pennsylvania	24,275	#537	1.0×
Ohio	19,137	#652	0.9×
Michigan	16,949	#754	0.9×
New Jersey	16,938	#515	1.3×
Massachusetts	13,347	#277	1.1×
Florida	12,932	#779	1.0×

Where Jacqueline is more common than its national share predicts

Relative to its national share, Jacqueline is most over-represented in District of Columbia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.

District of Columbia1.57×

New Jersey1.32×

New York1.30×

California1.27×

Illinois1.22×

Massachusetts1.12×

Connecticut1.11×

Rhode Island1.06×

Bars start at 1× (as often as the national share predicts).

States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jacqueline with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.

Names spelled alike

Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 578,792 babies since 1880, Jacqueline is the most given (74% of them). In 2025 it was given to 541 of their 682 babies (79%), again the most given.

Jacqueline and the names spelled alike
Name	Since 1880	Births 2025	Peak year
Jacqueline	427,479	541	1964
Jacquelyn	85,307	80	1951
Jaclyn	49,734	61	1988
Jacquline	8,029	under 5	1964
Jacquelyne	3,184	under 5	1961
Jacqualine	2,382	under 5	1964
Jackqueline	1,375	under 5	1964
Jacquelene	1,302	under 5	1984

Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.

Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jacqueline

Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.

Name	Recorded	1890-2025
Jacquelyn	85,307
Janette	32,214

Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.

More about Jacqueline and names like it

Compare Jacqueline and JacquelynBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
The most given names of the 1960sJacqueline peaked in 1964.
California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jacqueline since 1910.
French namesWiktionary’s origin for Jacqueline: every such name, by how often it is given.
The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Jacqueline.
The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jacqueline alive today were born 1946-1964.
Names starting with JMost given first.

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