Jacqueline

Jacqueline was the #558 girls' name in the US in 2025 (541 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #636 in Canada.

Jacqueline as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jacqueline as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Jacqueline as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#558 (541)#1,892 (15)——#718 (4)#636 (47)—
2024#585 (516)#1,541 (20)——#898 (3)#835 (34)—
2023#537 (564)#1,863 (15)#749 (3)——#868 (31)—
2022#503 (629)#1,452 (21)——#905 (3)#819 (33)—
2021#473 (660)#1,402 (22)———#898 (31)—
2020#443 (696)#1,449 (21)———#665 (43)—
2019#382 (821)#1,940 (14)———#663 (45)—
2018#340 (941)#1,490 (21)———#532 (58)—
2017#350 (927)#1,817 (16)———#535 (59)—
2016#280 (1,134)#1,834 (16)#675 (4)——#452 (75)—
2015#258 (1,232)#1,601 (19)———#595 (50)—
2014#248 (1,309)#1,501 (20)———#532 (58)—
2013#239 (1,331)#1,433 (22)———#634 (45)—
2012#243 (1,321)#1,991 (14)#580 (5)——#533 (56)—
2011#202 (1,560)#1,327 (23)———#639 (45)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1964 at #37.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1891.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jacqueline is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jacqueline by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #541WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #628NYMassachusetts: #273MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #644OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: #350CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #468CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #370CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: #677LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #487GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #570TXFlorida: #768FL
Jacqueline (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#74216

Jacqueline (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JacquelineCanadaGirls#63647
JacquelineEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
JacquelineIrelandGirls#7184
JacquelineNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JacquelineNSWGirls—too few
JacquelineScotlandGirls—too few
JacquelineUSGirls#558541
JacquelineUSBoys—too few