first name
JOAQUIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 38,466 people named Joaquin, 89.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4% as White and 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Joaquin peaked in 2008, when 1,250 babies got the name.
At least 35,654 babies have been given the name since 1886. 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.
Joaquin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #649. The largest share of babies named Joaquin, 36.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Joaquin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Joaquin has been most common in New Mexico (5.2×), Arizona (3.7×), and California (3.4×), and least common in Kentucky (0.06×).
32,572 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 Joaquin
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Joaquin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Joaquin ranks #8,849 of 156,621, with 3,554 people. See Joaquin as a last name
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