Joaquin
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Joaquin is also given to girls.
Pronounced wah-KEEN.
As of October 2026, Joaquin ranked #355 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #275 in 2008, Nameberry popularity #677.
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
Joaquin for boys
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Joaquin on lists
Famous Joaquins
- Joaquin Rafael PhoenixBoy
American actor
- Joaquín Antonio BalaguerBoy
former President of the Dominican Republic
- Cincinnatus Heine "Joaquin" MillerBoy
American poet
- Joaquin CapillaBoy
Mexican Olympic diver
- Joaquín CastroBoy
U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Joaquín SánchezBoy
Spanish footballer
- Joaquín RodrigoBoy
Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist
- Joaquín Ramón Martínez SabinaBoy
Spanish singer,songwriter
- Joaquín PardavéBoy
Mexican actor
- Joaquín José LavínBoy
Chilean politician
- Joaquín CortésBoy
Spanish dancer
- Joaquín AndújarBoy
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquín Antonio BenoitBoy
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquín AlmuniaBoy
Spanish politician
- Joaquín ÁriasBoy
Dominican baseball player
- Joaquin Murrieta CarrilloBoy
Mexican,American folk hero and inspiration for Zorro
- Joaquin Batistuta (b. 1999)Boy
son of footballer Gabriel Batistuta
- Joaquin Antonio Consuelos (b. 2003)Boy
son of actors Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
- Joaquín Raba Fonseca (b. 2012)Boy
son of actor Juan Pablo Raba and presenter Mónica Fonseca
- Joaquin Emmanuel Ramirez (b. 2015)Boy
son of singers Amanda Sudano and Abner Ramirez of duo Johnnyswim
- Joaquin OliverBoy
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 SantosBoy
character on TV series Riverdale
- JoaquinBoy
son of Don Alejandro (Zorro) in movie 'The Legend of Zorro'
- Joaquin MontezBoy
character on TV's 'Just Jordan'
- Joaquin MondragonBoy
character in the animated film "The Book of Life"