Jacqueline
Pronounced JH AE1 K AH0 L IH0 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1964
- 134 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Jacqueline?
Jacqueline is a girls' name, and first appears in 1891. It has been given to 494,463 children — the 77th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 57% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1964, when 12,178 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jaclyn and Jacklyn — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jacqueline and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jaclyn
- Jacklyn
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH AE1 K AH0 L IH0 N · JH AE1 K L IH0 N · JH AE1 K W AH0 L IH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 10 · 100
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jacqueline
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jacqueline
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jacqueline?
- Jacqueline ranks 77th among girls' names in US records, with 494,463 births since 1891. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,129.
- Is Jacqueline a unisex name?
- No. Jacqueline is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jacqueline most popular?
- 1964, when 12,178 children were given the name. It has been in use for 134 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jacqueline spelled?
- Jaclyn, Jacklyn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.