Meaning not yet researched.
Jacqueline: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 541 in 2025. Its best rank was #37 in 1964.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #37 in 1964; #558 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Jacqueline in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#558 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1964, at #37.
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Jacqueline: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 541 girls in 2025. Peak: #37 in 1964 · most girls in one year: 11,975 (1964).
In 2025, 541 US girls were named Jacqueline, making it the 558th most common girls’ name of the year, up 28 places from #586 in 2024. That is 25 more than the 516 girls named Jacqueline in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #37, reached in 1964. That year also had the most girls given the name: 11,975. For comparison, it was #258 in 2015 and #55 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Jacqueline in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1891 with 7 babies. In all, 427,479 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 84,691 babies named Jacqueline.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,429 US girls were named Jacqueline; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,134. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,971 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Jacqueline ranked highest in Delaware in 2025, at #194 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Jaclyn (49,734 babies since 1880), Jaqueline (15,531 babies since 1880), Jacquelin (9,686 babies since 1880) and Jacquelyne (3,184 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Jackqueline, Jacquelene and Jacquelynne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Jack, Jackie and Jacqui.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Jackqueline (1,375), Jacquelene (1,302), Jacquelynne (868), Jacquiline (710), Jacqulin (651), Jackquline (571), Jaquelyne (218), Jacqulyne (175), Jaquelinne (159), Jacqulene (134), Jacqeline (99), Jacqualin (82), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 5 | #194 | — |
| Massachusetts | 21 | #277 | #228 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #361 | #277 |
| Idaho | 6 | #376 | #336 |
| Colorado | 16 | #379 | #286 |
| Missouri | 14 | #428 | #319 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #428 | #476 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #431 | #267 |
| Virginia | 18 | #445 | #280 |
| California | 72 | #468 | #136 |
| Tennessee | 16 | #487 | #634 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #494 | #381 |
| Arizona | 14 | #496 | #219 |
| Georgia | 23 | #497 | #394 |
| Alabama | 10 | #501 | #461 |
| Utah | 8 | #507 | #525 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #515 | #280 |
| North Carolina | 21 | #522 | #263 |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #537 | #446 |
| Kansas | 6 | #537 | #348 |
| Washington | 12 | #558 | #280 |
| Texas | 55 | #572 | #193 |
| South Carolina | 8 | #581 | #482 |
| Indiana | 10 | #625 | #390 |
| New York | 26 | #642 | #300 |
| Ohio | 15 | #652 | #604 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #655 | #344 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #686 | #415 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #713 | #824 |
| Michigan | 10 | #754 | #351 |
| Florida | 21 | #779 | #396 |
| Illinois | 9 | #959 | #209 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 541 | #558 | — | — |
| 2024 | 516 | #586 | — | — |
| 2023 | 564 | #537 | — | — |
| 2022 | 629 | #503 | — | — |
| 2021 | 660 | #475 | — | — |
| 2020 | 696 | #443 | — | — |
| 2019 | 821 | #382 | — | — |
| 2018 | 941 | #340 | — | — |
| 2017 | 927 | #350 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,134 | #280 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,232 | #258 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,309 | #248 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,331 | #239 | 5 | #12,886 |
| 2012 | 1,321 | #243 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,560 | #202 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,809 | #171 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,967 | #163 | — | — |
| 2008 | 2,264 | #153 | 5 | #13,326 |
| 2007 | 2,621 | #133 | 8 | #9,226 |
| 2006 | 2,859 | #118 | 8 | #9,049 |
| 2005 | 2,850 | #116 | 11 | #6,822 |
| 2004 | 3,066 | #108 | 9 | #7,784 |
| 2003 | 3,400 | #100 | 8 | #8,145 |
| 2002 | 3,754 | #81 | 5 | #11,373 |
| 2001 | 4,301 | #70 | 12 | #5,808 |
| 2000 | 5,037 | #64 | 12 | #5,712 |
| 1999 | 3,901 | #79 | 10 | #6,221 |
| 1998 | 3,500 | #95 | 6 | #8,923 |
| 1997 | 4,278 | #77 | 15 | #4,331 |
| 1996 | 4,862 | #69 | 16 | #4,086 |
| 1995 | 4,793 | #70 | 12 | #4,919 |
| 1994 | 5,183 | #65 | 18 | #3,665 |
| 1993 | 4,516 | #74 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1992 | 4,689 | #76 | 17 | #3,671 |
| 1991 | 4,989 | #70 | 16 | #3,719 |
| 1990 | 5,237 | #67 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1989 | 5,444 | #64 | 39 | #1,909 |
| 1988 | 5,544 | #62 | 32 | #2,014 |
| 1987 | 5,627 | #54 | 32 | #1,952 |
| 1986 | 5,036 | #57 | 34 | #1,810 |
| 1985 | 5,250 | #60 | 30 | #1,937 |
| 1984 | 5,549 | #56 | 21 | #2,392 |
| 1983 | 5,405 | #53 | 29 | #1,878 |
| 1982 | 5,493 | #54 | 27 | #2,023 |
| 1981 | 4,334 | #67 | 16 | #2,826 |
| 1980 | 3,879 | #81 | 18 | #2,659 |
| 1979 | 3,740 | #80 | 6 | #5,650 |
| 1978 | 3,576 | #81 | 21 | #2,240 |
| 1977 | 3,148 | #92 | 21 | #2,235 |
| 1976 | 2,948 | #99 | 12 | #3,155 |
| 1975 | 3,314 | #90 | 15 | #2,688 |
| 1974 | 3,573 | #83 | 14 | #2,726 |
| 1973 | 3,500 | #88 | 17 | #2,352 |
| 1972 | 3,803 | #79 | 18 | #2,196 |
| 1971 | 4,784 | #75 | 19 | #2,161 |
| 1970 | 5,576 | #66 | 15 | #2,439 |
| 1969 | 5,920 | #62 | 24 | #1,704 |
| 1968 | 6,745 | #50 | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1967 | 6,954 | #52 | 33 | #1,323 |
| 1966 | 8,360 | #47 | 25 | #1,555 |
| 1965 | 9,413 | #47 | 33 | #1,344 |
| 1964 | 11,975 | #37 | 48 | #1,103 |
| 1963 | 8,562 | #51 | 38 | #1,264 |
| 1962 | 9,832 | #44 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1961 | 10,983 | #37 | 32 | #1,422 |
| 1960 | 5,654 | #85 | 16 | #2,072 |
| 1959 | 4,324 | #111 | 19 | #1,890 |
| 1958 | 4,786 | #99 | 6 | #3,711 |
| 1957 | 5,288 | #91 | 15 | #2,137 |
| 1956 | 6,062 | #78 | 6 | #3,711 |
| 1955 | 6,041 | #73 | 19 | #1,819 |
| 1954 | 6,522 | #68 | 9 | #2,840 |
| 1953 | 7,128 | #58 | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1952 | 6,938 | #58 | 12 | #2,314 |
| 1951 | 6,915 | #56 | 20 | #1,704 |
| 1950 | 6,455 | #55 | 15 | #1,973 |
| 1949 | 6,040 | #58 | 9 | #2,699 |
| 1948 | 5,838 | #58 | 10 | #2,518 |
| 1947 | 6,011 | #59 | 7 | #3,219 |
| 1946 | 5,083 | #62 | 13 | #2,085 |
| 1945 | 3,989 | #63 | 12 | #2,056 |
| 1944 | 3,975 | #64 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 1943 | 4,189 | #65 | 13 | #2,115 |
| 1942 | 3,831 | #69 | 13 | #2,092 |
| 1941 | 3,388 | #73 | 11 | #2,263 |
| 1940 | 3,215 | #76 | 20 | #1,542 |
| 1939 | 3,388 | #72 | 14 | #1,919 |
| 1938 | 3,633 | #69 | 18 | #1,647 |
| 1937 | 3,400 | #70 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1936 | 3,362 | #66 | 14 | #1,926 |
| 1935 | 3,115 | #79 | 12 | #2,188 |
| 1934 | 3,038 | #80 | 11 | #2,330 |
| 1933 | 2,756 | #86 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1932 | 2,875 | #85 | 18 | #1,748 |
| 1931 | 3,134 | #78 | — | — |
| 1930 | 3,414 | #74 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1929 | 2,970 | #87 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1928 | 2,739 | #97 | 10 | #2,749 |
| 1927 | 2,447 | #115 | — | — |
| 1926 | 2,245 | #119 | 6 | #3,942 |
| 1925 | 1,990 | #135 | 8 | #3,267 |
| 1924 | 1,771 | #148 | — | — |
| 1923 | 1,402 | #165 | 6 | #4,022 |
| 1922 | 1,021 | #201 | — | — |
| 1921 | 757 | #239 | — | — |
| 1920 | 540 | #282 | — | — |
| 1919 | 396 | #317 | — | — |
| 1918 | 286 | #386 | — | — |
| 1917 | 237 | #411 | — | — |
| 1916 | 176 | #483 | — | — |
| 1915 | 182 | #456 | — | — |
| 1914 | 132 | #481 | — | — |
| 1913 | 133 | #428 | — | — |
| 1912 | 89 | #513 | — | — |
| 1911 | 53 | #587 | — | — |
| 1910 | 56 | #546 | — | — |
| 1909 | 50 | #536 | — | — |
| 1908 | 57 | #478 | — | — |
| 1907 | 45 | #539 | — | — |
| 1906 | 24 | #748 | — | — |
| 1905 | 29 | #659 | — | — |
| 1904 | 23 | #741 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #948 | — | — |
| 1902 | 18 | #832 | — | — |
| 1901 | 19 | #752 | — | — |
| 1900 | 20 | #843 | — | — |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 1898 | 14 | #941 | — | — |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,358 | — | — |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,583 | — | — |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,149 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).