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Jacqueline
Pronounced /ˈdʒækəlɪn/
Rank in 2024
#590
Born in 2024
510
Peak year
1964 · #37
Origin
French
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 510 girls were named Jacqueline, about 1 in every 3,163.
- It peaked in 1964 with 11,976 babies, ranked #37.
- It first shows up in the records in 1891.
- 425,538 girls have been named Jacqueline since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Jacqueline per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 2.9Silent1928–45
- 3.6Boomers1946–64
- 3.1Gen X1965–80
- 2.9Millennials1981–96
- 1.7Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 14,192 babies, 0.69 per 1,000. Silent: 60,411 babies, 2.92 per 1,000. Boomers: 130,439 babies, 3.64 per 1,000. Gen X: 79,231 babies, 3.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 81,952 babies, 2.90 per 1,000. Gen Z: 48,487 babies, 1.67 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 10,751 babies, 0.53 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive form of Jacques (“James”), from Hebrew יעקב (ya'akóv, “Jacob”), from the root עקב (‘akev, “heel”), because the biblical patriarch Jacob was born just behind Esau, and was grasping Esau’s heel in an effort to prevent him from being born first.
- A female given name from French.
- Origin
- French
- Say it
- /ˈdʒækəlɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Jacqueline, CC BY-SA 4.0.