Jacqueline
Jacqueline is a given name, the French feminine form of Jacques, also commonly used in the English-speaking world. Older forms and variant spellings were sometimes given to men.
- French
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jacqueline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jacqueline is a given name, the French feminine form of Jacques, also commonly used in the English-speaking world. Older forms and variant spellings were sometimes given to men.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- English
The Story of Jacqueline
American parents first put Jacqueline on the record books as a baby girl name in 1891, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 11,976 Jacquelines were born — ranking #37 that year. About 20% of every Jacqueline on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jacqueline ranks #624 for baby girls with 479 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 427K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jacqueline
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Names that sound like Jacqueline
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About the name Jacqueline
Jacqueline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 427K births in the dataset. Jacqueline's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #37. Use the chart and map above to compare Jacqueline's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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