How common is the name Jacqueline?

331,316 people in the United States have the first name Jacqueline, about 1 in 912. It ranks #151 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JACQUELINE

#151

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
331,316
About
1 in 912
This common or more
36.8%
Who bears it

Of the 331,316 people named Jacqueline, 55.6% reported their origin as White, 20.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 18.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jacqueline peaked in 1964, when 12,023 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18912025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
12,023
In 2025*
541 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 427,479 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jacqueline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #95. The largest share of babies named Jacqueline, 30.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#2,10655
1900s#1,036299
1910s#7791,740
1920s#24917,927
1930s#14332,238
1940s#12445,680
1950s#14060,589
1960s#9584,691
1970s#15838,120
1980s#12451,839
1990s#16046,108
2000s#23332,197
2010s#54912,390
2020s#1,0173,606
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–273.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.2%
Baby boom 1946–6430.6%
Generation X 1965–8018.6%
Millennials 1981–9619.3%
Generation Z 1997–1211.4%
2013 and later2.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jacqueline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jacqueline has been most common in District of Columbia (2.1×), Rhode Island (1.5×), and New Jersey (1.4×), and least common in Utah (0.46×).

424,362 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Jacqueline

#149 Gloria · 331,522#150 Jesus · 331,353#152 Danielle · 329,075#153 Keith · 328,988

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacqueline, most common first.

#800 Jacquelyn · 60,916#1,602 Jaqueline · 20,013#2,838 Jackeline · 8,154#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253#4,723 Jaquelin · 3,848#4,849 Jacquelynn · 3,708#6,566 Jacquelyne · 2,429

Also a last name

As a last name, Jacqueline ranks #88,273 of 156,621, with 226 people. See Jacqueline as a last name

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