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By Grace Royal · Oct 2026

Jacqueline

OriginFrench, feminine diminutive of Jacques
Meaning"supplanter"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · girls#558

2025 SSA

US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

About Jacqueline

Jacqueline originated as a feminine form of Jacques, the French variation of James, and therefore Jacob. Jacob was ultimately derived from the Hebrew name Ya’aqov, and gets its meaning, "supplanter" from the story of Jacob supplanting his brother Esau as the first-born son in the Bible. Jacqueline was first used in France in the Middle Ages.

To most Americans, the French Jacqueline still recalls the Kennedy era and its elegant First Lady, although it's lost a good measure of its glamorous image and Gallic gloss. Jacqueline and Jackie peaked as names in 1961, the age of Camelot, reaching a high of Number 37.

The name was imported into England by a French sister-in-law of Henry V (known as Dame Jack) and had reached the Top 50 in this country by the 1920s. It's one of those names with a bunch of different spellings, the most common of which is Jacqueline.

Barbara Walters named her only child Jacqueline.

Jacqueline is also given to boys.

Pronounced JAK-uh-leen; JAK-uh-line.

As of October 2026, Jacqueline ranked #558 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #37 in 1964, Nameberry popularity #139.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Girls #558
Boys #4,331
#400#600'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rank · girlsBirths · girlsUS rank · boysBirths · boys
2014#2481,309—0
2015#2581,232—0
2016#2801,134—0
2017#350927—0
2018#340941—0
2019#382820—0
2020#443696—0
2021#474660—0
2022#504627—0
2023#536564—0
2024#589510—0
2025#558541—0
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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Famous Jacquelines

  • Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier Kennedy OnassisGirl

    former First Lady of the United States as wife of President John F. Kennedy

  • Jacqueline "Jackie" EvanchoGirl

    American child opera singer

  • Jacqueline EmersonGirl

    American singer/actress

  • Jacqueline LauritaGirl

    American reality TV personality, "Real Housewives of New Jersey"

  • Jacqueline "Jackie" JoynerGirl

    Kersee, American Olympic heptathlete

  • Jacqueline WilsonGirl

    British author

  • Jacqueline CareyGirl

    American author

  • Jacqueline HennessyGirl

    Canadian TV presenter; twin sister Jill Hennessy

  • Jacqueline Samantha "Jackie" SandlerGirl

    American actress and wife of Adam Sandler

  • Jacqueline Léonore Léopoldine de LannoyGirl

    Princess de Ligne

  • Jacqueline JoeGirl

    New Zealand actress

  • Jacqueline Mary JossaGirl

    English Actress

  • (Winifred) Jacqueline Fraser BissetGirl

    English actress

  • Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" CollinsGirl

    English novelist

  • Jacqueline DeLois MooreGirl

    American pro wrestler

  • Jacqueline Mary du PréGirl

    English cellist

  • Jacqueline RaynerGirl

    English novelist

  • Jacqueline SusannGirl

    American novelist

  • Jacqueline FernandezGirl

    Bollywood actress and Miss Sri Lanka Universe 2006

  • Jacqueline Cochran (born Bessie Lee Pittman)Girl

    American aviatrix

  • Jacqueline Dena Guber (b. 1968)Girl

    daughter of journalist Barbara Walters and Lee Guber

  • Jacqueline Donovan (b. 2000)Girl

    stillborn daughter of basketball coach Billy Donovan

  • Jacqueline Jean Messier (b. 2005)Girl

    daughter of ice hockey player Mark Messier

Jacqueline in pop culture

  • Jacqueline "Jack" BarrettGirl

    character on TV's "Jack & Jill"

  • JacquelineGirl

    character in "Le Medecin malgre lui" by Moliere

  • Jacqueline Andrea Suzette "Jackie" TylerGirl

    character on TV's "Doctor Who"

  • Jacqueline Beulah "Jackie" BurkhartGirl

    character on TV's "That 70's Show"

  • Jacqueline "Jackie" WilcoxGirl

    character on TV's "Heroes"

  • Jacqueline "Jackie" Marone KnightGirl

    character on American soap "The Bold and the Beautiful"

  • "Jacqueline"Girl

    song by Franz Ferdinand

  • Jacqueline VoorheesGirl

    character from TV series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

  • Jacqueline "Jacqui" BriggsGirl

    character in video game series "Mortal Kombat"

  • Jacqueline "Jackie"Girl

    main character from "Cyberchase"

  • 'Jacqueline'Girl

    song by Bobby Helms

  • Jacqueline Bouvier née GurneyGirl

    Marge Simpson, Selma Bouvier, and Patty Bouvier’s mother from The Simpsons

  • Jacqueline "Jack" SloaneGirl

    character on TV series "NCIS"

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