Jacqueline
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAK-a-leen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #558 for girls
Jacqueline is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 558th for girls in the US (541 babies).
What does Jacqueline mean?
Hebrew: French feminine of Jacques (James)
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady of the United States in the early 1960s, made it widely known.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jacqueline a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacqueline is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 541 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacqueline in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Jacqueline, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 135 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Jacqueline since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jacqueline in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#93), 1944 (#25), 1954 (#13), 1964 (#4), 1974 (#50) and 1984 (#95).
Jacqueline in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,335 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 40 | #759 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 50 | #612 |
| 2001 | 52 | #596 |
| 2000 | 62 | #519 |
| 1999 | 71 | #466 |
| 1998 | 96 | #378 |
| 1997 | 114 | #337 |
| 1996 | 135 | #298 |
How popular is Jacqueline in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 558th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 541 about 1 in 3,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 541 girls in the US were named Jacqueline, making it the 558th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 443rd. Its busiest year was 1964, with 11,975 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the girls named Jacqueline in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacqueline in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 541 | #558 |
| 2024 | 516 | #585 |
| 2023 | 564 | #537 |
| 2022 | 629 | #503 |
| 2021 | 660 | #473 |
| 2020 | 696 | #443 |
| 2019 | 821 | #382 |
| 2018 | 941 | #340 |
| 2017 | 927 | #350 |
| 2016 | 1,134 | #280 |
| 2015 | 1,232 | #258 |
| 2014 | 1,309 | #248 |
| 2013 | 1,331 | #239 |
| 2012 | 1,321 | #243 |
| 2011 | 1,560 | #202 |
| 2010 | 1,809 | #171 |
| 2009 | 1,967 | #163 |
| 2008 | 2,264 | #152 |
| 2007 | 2,621 | #133 |
| 2006 | 2,859 | #118 |
| 2005 | 2,850 | #116 |
| 2004 | 3,066 | #108 |
| 2003 | 3,400 | #100 |
| 2002 | 3,754 | #81 |
| 2001 | 4,301 | #70 |
| 2000 | 5,037 | #64 |
| 1999 | 3,901 | #79 |
| 1998 | 3,500 | #95 |
| 1997 | 4,278 | #77 |
| 1996 | 4,862 | #69 |
| 1995 | 4,793 | #70 |
| 1994 | 5,183 | #65 |
| 1993 | 4,516 | #74 |
| 1992 | 4,689 | #76 |
| 1991 | 4,989 | #70 |
| 1990 | 5,237 | #67 |
| 1989 | 5,444 | #64 |
| 1988 | 5,544 | #62 |
| 1987 | 5,627 | #54 |
| 1986 | 5,036 | #57 |
| 1985 | 5,250 | #60 |
| 1984 | 5,549 | #56 |
| 1983 | 5,405 | #53 |
| 1982 | 5,493 | #54 |
| 1981 | 4,334 | #67 |
| 1980 | 3,879 | #81 |
| 1979 | 3,740 | #80 |
| 1978 | 3,576 | #81 |
| 1977 | 3,148 | #92 |
| 1976 | 2,948 | #99 |
| 1975 | 3,314 | #90 |
| 1974 | 3,573 | #83 |
| 1973 | 3,500 | #88 |
| 1972 | 3,803 | #79 |
| 1971 | 4,784 | #75 |
| 1970 | 5,576 | #66 |
| 1969 | 5,920 | #62 |
| 1968 | 6,745 | #50 |
| 1967 | 6,954 | #52 |
| 1966 | 8,360 | #47 |
| 1965 | 9,413 | #47 |
| 1964 | 11,975 | #37 |
| 1963 | 8,562 | #51 |
| 1962 | 9,832 | #44 |
| 1961 | 10,983 | #37 |
| 1960 | 5,654 | #85 |
| 1959 | 4,324 | #111 |
| 1958 | 4,786 | #99 |
| 1957 | 5,288 | #91 |
| 1956 | 6,062 | #78 |
| 1955 | 6,041 | #73 |
| 1954 | 6,522 | #68 |
| 1953 | 7,128 | #58 |
| 1952 | 6,938 | #58 |
| 1951 | 6,915 | #56 |
| 1950 | 6,455 | #55 |
| 1949 | 6,040 | #58 |
| 1948 | 5,838 | #58 |
| 1947 | 6,011 | #59 |
| 1946 | 5,083 | #62 |
| 1945 | 3,989 | #63 |
| 1944 | 3,975 | #64 |
| 1943 | 4,189 | #65 |
| 1942 | 3,831 | #69 |
| 1941 | 3,388 | #73 |
| 1940 | 3,215 | #76 |
| 1939 | 3,388 | #72 |
| 1938 | 3,633 | #69 |
| 1937 | 3,400 | #70 |
| 1936 | 3,362 | #66 |
| 1935 | 3,115 | #79 |
| 1934 | 3,038 | #80 |
| 1933 | 2,756 | #86 |
| 1932 | 2,875 | #85 |
| 1931 | 3,134 | #78 |
| 1930 | 3,414 | #74 |
| 1929 | 2,970 | #87 |
| 1928 | 2,739 | #97 |
| 1927 | 2,447 | #115 |
| 1926 | 2,245 | #119 |
| 1925 | 1,990 | #135 |
| 1924 | 1,771 | #148 |
| 1923 | 1,402 | #165 |
| 1922 | 1,021 | #201 |
| 1921 | 757 | #239 |
| 1920 | 540 | #282 |
| 1919 | 396 | #317 |
| 1918 | 286 | #386 |
| 1917 | 237 | #410 |
| 1916 | 176 | #480 |
| 1915 | 182 | #455 |
| 1914 | 132 | #478 |
| 1913 | 133 | #427 |
| 1912 | 89 | #511 |
| 1911 | 53 | #585 |
| 1910 | 56 | #543 |
| 1909 | 50 | #535 |
| 1908 | 57 | #476 |
| 1907 | 45 | #535 |
| 1906 | 24 | #742 |
| 1905 | 29 | #656 |
| 1904 | 23 | #727 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 18 | #818 |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 |
| 1900 | 20 | #833 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 14 | #920 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,091 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
Nicknames for Jacqueline
- Jackie
- Jacqui
Names like Jacqueline
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josephine, Jessica, Michelle, Gabrielle, Jasmine, Madeleine, Janelle, Madeline, Jane, Charlotte, Joanne, Janice
Names related to Jacqueline
Jaqueline, Jacquelyn, Jackeline, Jaquelin, Jacquelin, Jaquelyn, Jacquelynn, Jackelin
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jacqueline: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacqueline, updated 20 October 2026.