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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #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—
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1894#1,4855—
1893#1,0918—
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1891#1,0937—
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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.

Where Jacqueline is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #130 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 428 girlsAKMaine: #159 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 823 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jacqueline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #114 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 460 girlsNHWashington: #165 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 713 girlsWAIdaho: #159 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 635 girlsIDMontana: #119 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 453 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #132 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 534 girlsNDMinnesota: #139 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 630 girlsMNIllinois: #107 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 467 girlsILWisconsin: #128 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 609 girlsWIMichigan: #118 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 567 girlsMINew York: #85 for girls · 481 births · 1 in 350 girlsNYMassachusetts: #92 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 424 girlsMARhode Island: #86 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 376 girlsRIOregon: #122 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 526 girlsORNevada: #78 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 239 girlsNVWyoming: #130 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 466 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #112 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 455 girlsSDIowa: #129 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 561 girlsIAIndiana: #129 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 596 girlsINOhio: #110 for girls · 228 births · 1 in 465 girlsOHPennsylvania: #115 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 495 girlsPANew Jersey: #85 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 355 girlsNJConnecticut: #81 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 335 girlsCTCalifornia: #146 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 647 girlsCAUtah: #305 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,719 girlsUTColorado: #159 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 675 girlsCONebraska: #148 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 667 girlsNEMissouri: #117 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 484 girlsMOKentucky: #135 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 634 girlsKYWest Virginia: #154 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 797 girlsWVVirginia: #80 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 317 girlsVAMaryland: #68 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 288 girlsMDDelaware: #79 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 289 girlsDEArizona: #133 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 496 girlsAZNew Mexico: #149 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 572 girlsNMKansas: #151 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 659 girlsKSArkansas: #97 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 424 girlsARTennessee: #72 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 321 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #78 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 319 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #70 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 280 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #38 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 157 girlsDCOklahoma: #136 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 593 girlsOKLouisiana: #59 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 240 girlsLAMississippi: #80 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 337 girlsMSAlabama: #64 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 256 girlsALGeorgia: #87 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 379 girlsGAHawaii: #158 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 552 girlsHITexas: #135 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 596 girlsTXFlorida: #85 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 378 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#38 · 1 in 157
  2. Louisiana#59 · 1 in 240
  3. Alabama#64 · 1 in 256
  4. Maryland#68 · 1 in 288
  5. South Carolina#70 · 1 in 280

Best ever in a state: #9 in Mississippi, 1964.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#38841 in 157
Louisiana#591651 in 240
Alabama#641381 in 256
Maryland#681061 in 288
South Carolina#70951 in 280
Tennessee#721141 in 321
Nevada#7891 in 239
North Carolina#781541 in 319
Delaware#79161 in 289
Mississippi#80771 in 337
Virginia#801281 in 317
Connecticut#81731 in 335
Florida#851291 in 378
New Jersey#851611 in 355
New York#854811 in 350
Rhode Island#86221 in 376
Georgia#871181 in 379
Massachusetts#921261 in 424
Arkansas#97421 in 424
Illinois#1072321 in 467
Ohio#1102281 in 465
South Dakota#112161 in 455
New Hampshire#114121 in 460
Pennsylvania#1152311 in 495
Missouri#117931 in 484
Michigan#1181591 in 567
Montana#119151 in 453
Oregon#122291 in 526
Wisconsin#128731 in 609
Indiana#129841 in 596
Iowa#129511 in 561
Alaska#13061 in 428
Wyoming#13061 in 466
North Dakota#132131 in 534
Arizona#133291 in 496
Kentucky#135521 in 634
Texas#1351911 in 596
Oklahoma#136361 in 593
Minnesota#139631 in 630
California#1462571 in 647
Nebraska#148221 in 667
New Mexico#149211 in 572
Kansas#151331 in 659
West Virginia#154231 in 797
Hawaii#158111 in 552
Colorado#159281 in 675
Idaho#159101 in 635
Maine#159121 in 823
Washington#165401 in 713
Utah#30561 in 1,719
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1959

girls
#111
4,324 births · 1 in 468 girls
boys
#1,865
19 births · 1 in 112,343 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #111Jacqueline4,324

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #1,865Jacqueline19
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 468 of them was named Jacqueline, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacqueline
  1. #108Helen4,375
  2. #109Marilyn4,343
  3. #110Colleen4,337
  4. #111Jacqueline4,324
  5. #112Alice4,162
  6. #113Victoria4,153
  7. #114Sally4,068
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 112,343 of them was named Jacqueline, which outranked 59.2% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacqueline
  1. #1,806Vann20
  2. #1,806Vester20
  3. #1,806Ysidro20
  4. #1,865Jacqueline19
  5. #1,865Annette19
  6. #1,865Annie19
  7. #1,865Arley19
  8. #1,916Autry18
  9. #1,916Candido18
  10. #1,916Cheyenne18

Tied with 50 names at #1,865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →