Jacqueline

#558 for girls in 2025, 541 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #12,136
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1964 · 11,975 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
75 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
426,088
since 1891

Jacqueline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #37, 1964girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#558541
2024#585516
2023#537564
2022#503629
2021#473660
2020#443696
2019#382821
2018#340941
2017#350927
2016#2801,134
2015#2581,232
2014#2481,309
2013#2391,331#12,1365
2012#2431,321
2011#2021,560
2010#1711,809
2009#1631,967
2008#1522,264#12,5535
2007#1332,621#8,9158
2006#1182,859#8,7328
2005#1162,850#6,63411
2004#1083,066#7,5369
2003#1003,400#7,8318
2002#813,754#10,6675
2001#704,301#5,66712
2000#645,037#5,58812
1999#793,901#6,04210
1998#953,500#8,4796
1997#774,278#4,24615
1996#694,862#4,02216
1995#704,793#4,79112
1994#655,183#3,59618
1993#744,516#3,24620
1992#764,689#3,60417
1991#704,989#3,63616
1990#675,237#2,30830
1989#645,444#1,89139
1988#625,544#1,98932
1987#545,627#1,93832
1986#575,036#1,79134
1985#605,250#1,91630
1984#565,549#2,36421
1983#535,405#1,86429
1982#545,493#1,99927
1981#674,334#2,77916
1980#813,879#2,61718
1979#803,740#5,3556
1978#813,576#2,20521
1977#923,148#2,20221
1976#992,948#3,09512
1975#903,314#2,63715
1974#833,573#2,67414
1973#883,500#2,31117
1972#793,803#2,15818
1971#754,784#2,12619
1970#665,576#2,39915
1969#625,920#1,68024
1968#506,745#1,83619
1967#526,954#1,31233
1966#478,360#1,54025
1965#479,413#1,33533
1964#3711,975#1,09648
1963#518,562#1,25538
1962#449,832#1,58825
1961#3710,983#1,40632
1960#855,654#2,04216
1959#1114,324#1,86519
1958#994,786#3,5596
1957#915,288#2,09315
1956#786,062#3,5356
1955#736,041#1,79119
1954#686,522#2,7439
1953#587,128#2,7099
1952#586,938#2,25112
1951#566,915#1,68320
1950#556,455#1,94115
1949#586,040#2,6069
1948#585,838#2,44310
1947#596,011#3,0967
1946#625,083#2,03013
1945#633,989#2,00912
1944#643,975#1,98813
1943#654,189#2,07413
1942#693,831#2,04213
1941#733,388#2,20711
1940#763,215#1,51920
1939#723,388#1,87914
1938#693,633#1,61318
1937#703,400#2,19711
1936#663,362#1,87214
1935#793,115#2,12712
1934#803,038#2,26611
1933#862,756#1,99713
1932#852,875#1,71618
1931#783,134
1930#743,414#2,29312
1929#872,970#2,00215
1928#972,739#2,65910
1927#1152,447
1926#1192,245#3,7086
1925#1351,990#3,1558
1924#1481,771
1923#1651,402#3,8226
1922#2011,021
1921#239757
1920#282540
1919#317396
1918#386286
1917#410237
1916#480176
1915#455182
1914#478132
1913#427133
1912#51189
1911#58553
1910#54356
1909#53550
1908#47657
1907#53545
1906#74224
1905#65629
1904#72723
1903#93114
1902#81818
1901#74719
1900#83320
1899#1,0999
1898#92014
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895
1894#1,4855
1893#1,0918
1892
1891#1,0937
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1891

The first year at least five girls were named Jacqueline! It came in at #1,093, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1892, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jacqueline
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#585#558)
  • 115 spots since 2020 (#443#558)
  • 300 spots since 2015 (#258#558)
  • Biggest jump: 635 spots in 1898 (#1,555#920)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1899 (#920#1,099)
Rise & fade · girls
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1891
  • Peaked 1964 at #37 (11,975 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 75 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 75 yrs · run 1960–2003
  • Top 1,000: 127 yrs · run 1900–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 158
  • Highest: 1 in 158 girls born in 1964 were named Jacqueline (0.63%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,971 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 19.8% of all girls named Jacqueline (84,398) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s55#920 (1898)#1,219
1900s299#476 (1908)#700
1910s1,740#317 (1919)#459
1920s17,882#87 (1929)#159
1930s32,115#66 (1936)#76
1940s45,559#58 (1949)#65
1950s60,459#55 (1950)#75
1960s84,398#37 (1964)#51
1970s37,962#66 (1970)#83
1980s51,561#53 (1983)#61
1990s45,948#65 (1994)#74
2000s32,119#64 (2000)#111
2010s12,385#171 (2010)#271
2020s3,606#443 (2020)#517

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jacqueline in 1940

girls
#76
3,215 births · 1 in 356 girls
boys
#1,519
20 births · 1 in 57,959 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #76Jacqueline3,215

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,519Jacqueline20
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 356 of them was named Jacqueline, which outranked 98.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacqueline
  1. #73Irene3,394
  2. #74Ellen3,318
  3. #75Arlene3,257
  4. #76Jacqueline3,215
  5. #77Kay3,200
  6. #78Juanita3,174
  7. #79Darlene3,120
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 57,959 of them was named Jacqueline, which outranked 61.4% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacqueline
  1. #1,471Silverio21
  2. #1,471Virgel21
  3. #1,471Wilma21
  4. #1,519Jacqueline20
  5. #1,519Aldo20
  6. #1,519Anita20
  7. #1,519Antoine20
  8. #1,573Alcide19
  9. #1,573Alferd19
  10. #1,573Alvino19

Tied with 53 names at #1,519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1940