How Many People Are Named Jacqueline?

337,795

people named Jacqueline are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 1,011 people in the US has this name

Based on 427,479 babies named Jacqueline in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#147

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Girl Names

#70

See the top 100

Peak Year

1964

12,023 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French, English
Pronunciation: ZHAK-LEEN (French), JAK-ə-leen (English), JAK-ə-lin (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

French feminine form of JACQUES, also commonly used in the English-speaking world.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Jacqueline in English. Counting Jacqueline and these spellings together, about 422,695 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

ZhaklinaŽaklinaJacobineJacobaJacobinaJacominaJackalynJacklynJaclynJacquelynJaquelineJaquelynGiacomaGiacominaŻaklina

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.7%
Male
0.3%

Almost all of the babies given the name Jacqueline (99.7%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Jacqueline alive today is about 50 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 65 in 2025.

Under 30 64,092
19%
30 to 59 140,388
41.6%
60 and over 133,314
39.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Jacqueline first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1964, to 12,023 babies. In 2025, 541 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Jacqueline never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #37, in 1961 and 1964, and it was in the top 100 in 75 years between 1928 and 2003. In 2025 it ranked #558.

Girls
Rank in 2025#558
Best rank#37 (1961 and 1964)
Years in the top 10075 (1928 to 2003)
Rank in its biggest decade#51 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Jacqueline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Jacqueline were born in California than in any other state: about 46,295 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jacqueline was given 1.9 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.4 times in New Jersey and 1.4 times in Rhode Island.

California 46,295
New York 35,134
Texas 23,484
Illinois 20,836
Pennsylvania 17,725
Ohio 14,354
New Jersey 13,934
Michigan 12,223
Florida 11,378
Massachusetts 9,681
North Carolina 7,960
Virginia 7,292
Georgia 6,979
Indiana 6,302
Wisconsin 5,969
Maryland 5,959
Missouri 5,947
Louisiana 5,904
Alabama 5,554
Tennessee 5,475
Connecticut 4,919
Minnesota 4,854
South Carolina 4,306
Mississippi 4,194
Arizona 4,146
Washington 4,101
Kentucky 3,861
Colorado 3,394
District of Columbia 3,142
Iowa 2,969
Kansas 2,354
Oklahoma 2,302
Oregon 2,193
Arkansas 2,175
Nebraska 1,998
West Virginia 1,955
New Mexico 1,816
Rhode Island 1,626
Maine 1,336
Nevada 1,335
Utah 1,319
New Hampshire 1,076
Delaware 960
Hawaii 955
North Dakota 886
South Dakota 809
Idaho 789
Montana 736
Vermont 489
Alaska 442
Wyoming 293

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