Jacqueline Girl
How popular is Jacqueline?
#558 girl name in 2025
541 baby girls were named Jacqueline in the US in 2025, making it the 558th most popular girl name.
Jacqueline popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #558 for girls (▲ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 541 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #258 in 2015, #443 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1964 (11,975 girls) |
| Highest rank | #37 in 1961 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1891 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jacqueline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jacqueline family of names ranked #420 for girls in 2025 (#421 the year before), with 726 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline | 541 | 75% |
| Jacquelyn | 80 | 11% |
| Jaqueline | 66 | 9% |
| Jaquelin | 12 | 2% |
| Jacquelin | 8 | 1% |
| Jaquelyn | 5 | 1% |
| Jacquelynn | 14 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jacqueline is most popular
Babies named Jacqueline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.6 per 1,000 (73 girls)
- Arizona: 0.6 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- California: 0.5 per 1,000 (459 girls)
- Nevada: 0.5 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Washington: 0.5 per 1,000 (75 girls)
Jacqueline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 55 | #920 |
| 1900s | 299 | #476 |
| 1910s | 1,740 | #317 |
| 1920s | 17,882 | #87 |
| 1930s | 32,115 | #66 |
| 1940s | 45,559 | #58 |
| 1950s | 60,459 | #55 |
| 1960s | 84,398 | #37 |
| 1970s | 37,962 | #66 |
| 1980s | 51,561 | #53 |
| 1990s | 45,948 | #65 |
| 2000s | 32,119 | #64 |
| 2010s | 12,385 | #171 |
| 2020s | 3,606 | #443 |
Girl names about as popular as Jacqueline
Questions
- Is Jacqueline a boy or girl name?
- Jacqueline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jacqueline were girls.
- How popular is the name Jacqueline?
- 541 baby girls were named Jacqueline in the US in 2025, making it the 558th most popular girl name.
- When was Jacqueline most popular?
- Jacqueline peaked in 1964, when 11,975 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #37, held for 2 years starting in 1961.
- How many people are named Jacqueline?
- 427,479 babies have been named Jacqueline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 342,469 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 55.
- Where is Jacqueline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jacqueline was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.