How rare is the name Jaqueline?

20,013 people in the United States have the first name Jaqueline, about 1 in 15,092. It ranks #1,602 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAQUELINE

#1,602

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,013
About
1 in 15,092
This common or more
75.9%
Who bears it

Of the 20,013 people named Jaqueline, 75.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% as White and 4.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaqueline peaked in 2000, when 1,207 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19232025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
1,207
In 2025*
66 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,531 babies have been given the name since 1923. 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.

Jaqueline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #875. The largest share of babies named Jaqueline, 57.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#6,90861
1930s#4,672101
1940s#4,598119
1950s#4,514158
1960s#2,421568
1970s#2,446675
1980s#1,7251,494
1990s#1,2143,390
2000s#8756,560
2010s#2,2131,996
2020s#4,563409
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.2%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–9622%
Generation Z 1997–1257.7%
2013 and later8.7%

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 Jaqueline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaqueline has been most common in Nevada (4.2×), California (3.5×), and Arizona (3.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.04×).

12,642 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.

Exactly as common as Jaqueline

1 other first name also has 20,013 people.

#1,602 Leanna · 20,013

Either side of Jaqueline

#1,600 Aden · 20,018#1,601 Lionel · 20,014#1,602 Leanna · 20,013#1,604 Marcy · 19,966

Spelled almost the same

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

#151 Jacqueline · 331,316#2,838 Jackeline · 8,154#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253#4,723 Jaquelin · 3,848#6,301 Jaquelyn · 2,559#6,566 Jacquelyne · 2,429#8,038 Jacqualine · 1,831

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