Joaquin
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About Joaquin
Actor Joaquin Phoenix (brother of River, Rain, Liberty and Summer) highlighted this one, then Kelly Ripa began talking about younger son Joaquin on her daily TV show, and presto—it's now one of the hottest and most appealing multicultural baby boy names.
Joaquin is currently enjoying high popularity in South America, especially in Argentina and Chile.
Colorful poet Joaquin (born Cincinnatus) Miller was known as the "Byron of the Rockies." There is a teenage character in Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls named Joaquin, and San Joaquín is the Spanish version of Saint Joachim, the traditional name for the father of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Pronounced wah-KEEN.
As of October 2026, Joaquin ranked #355 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #275 in 2008, Nameberry popularity #837.
Editor's take: The name Joaquin is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "God will judge".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #327 | 1,045 | 544 |
| 2015 | #321 | 1,082 | 564.5 |
| 2016 | #346 | 1,002 | 528 |
| 2017 | #364 | 905 | 488.9 |
| 2018 | #347 | 953 | 524.7 |
| 2019 | #332 | 1,006 | 560.7 |
| 2020 | #307 | 1,082 | 626.9 |
| 2021 | #309 | 1,081 | 617.9 |
| 2022 | #329 | 1,028 | 588.8 |
| 2023 | #335 | 999 | 584 |
| 2024 | #340 | 1,009 | 585.6 |
| 2025 | #355 | 925 | 541.5 |
World rankings
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Joaquin on lists
Famous Joaquins
- Joaquin Rafael Phoenix
American actor
- Joaquín Antonio Balaguer
former President of the Dominican Republic
- Cincinnatus Heine "Joaquin" Miller
American poet
- Joaquin Capilla
Mexican Olympic diver
- Joaquín Castro
U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Joaquín Sánchez
Spanish footballer
- Joaquín Rodrigo
Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist
- Joaquín Ramón Martínez Sabina
Spanish singer,songwriter
- Joaquín Pardavé
Mexican actor
- Joaquín José Lavín
Chilean politician
- Joaquín Cortés
Spanish dancer
- Joaquín Andújar
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquín Antonio Benoit
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquín Almunia
Spanish politician
- Joaquín Árias
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquin Murrieta Carrillo
Mexican,American folk hero and inspiration for Zorro
- Joaquin Batistuta (b. 1999)
son of footballer Gabriel Batistuta
- Joaquin Antonio Consuelos (b. 2003)
son of actors Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
- Joaquín Raba Fonseca (b. 2012)
son of actor Juan Pablo Raba and presenter Mónica Fonseca
- Joaquin Emmanuel Ramirez (b. 2015)
son of singers Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez of duo Johnnyswim
- Joaquin Oliver
one of the seventeen deceased students from a mass,shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida , and an inspiration for March for Our Lives.
Joaquin in pop culture
- Joaquin De Santos
character on TV series Riverdale
- Joaquin
son of Don Alejandro (Zorro) in movie 'The Legend of Zorro'
- Joaquin Montez
character on TV's 'Just Jordan'
- Joaquin Mondragon
character in the animated film "The Book of Life"