Jacqueline

What Jacqueline means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jacqueline yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #258 in 2015, #558 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jacqueline?

US: Falling: down from #258 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1601 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1964, when 11,975 girls got the name (#37 that year). First in the US records in 1891.

How common

• About 1 in 2,971 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,885 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), MA (0.87 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jacqueline is #558 in the US and #1892 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jacqueline were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jacquelyn80 US
• Jacquelynn14 US
• Jacquelin8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Jaqueline
• Jacquelyn
• Jacklyn
• Jaclyn

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Jacqueline

Girls

• Stephanie#557Feminine form of Stephen, meaning “crown, wreath”^*
• Jenna#679Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1985, with 6,436 babies; 418 in 2025
• Danielle#549Feminine form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*
• Julie#872Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1958, with 18,215 babies; 308 in 2025
• Gabrielle#632Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #204 in 2015, #632 in 2025
• Simone#995Feminine form of Simon, meaning “sixpence coin”^*

For a brother

• Joe#991Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1936, with 8,023 babies; 230 in 2025
• Andre#368Form of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Harry#775Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1918, with 9,896 babies; 329 in 2025
• Louis#249“loud; famous + battle”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jacqueline’s. Rank is US 2025.