girl's name

Jaqueline

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 15,647

France

#817

1941 births

Jaqueline is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 1,207 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 50,234 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1923.

Jaqueline over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

6,560
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jaqueline by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 61
1930s 101
1940s 119
1950s 158
1960s 568
1970s 675
1980s 1,494
1990s 3,390
2000s 6,560
2010s 1,996
2020s (to 2025) 409

How popular is Jaqueline?

In 2025, Jaqueline was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Jaqueline is used

France #817 5 in 1941
United States #2,607 66 in 2025
Canada #3,218 5 in 2008
England & Wales #4,147 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jaqueline

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jaqueline also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jaqueline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jaqueline

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jaqueline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jaqueline

How popular is the name Jaqueline?

In 2025, Jaqueline was given to 66 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Jaqueline a girl's or a boy's name?

Jaqueline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jaqueline most popular?

Jaqueline peaked in 2000, when 1,207 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jaqueline a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jaqueline currently ranks #2,607 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.