Jaquelyn vs Jaquetta
American parents have registered 2,741 Jaquelyns since 1880, against 776 Jaquettas. Jaquelyn is still ahead, with 5 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Jaquelyn Jaquetta
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 82 years in which either name was published, Jaquelyn for 55 years and Jaquetta for 27 years. The lead changed hands 17 times.
- 1944–1952 Jaquelyn ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1956–1983 Jaquetta ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 1984–2025 Jaquelyn ahead
11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Jaquelyn | Jaquetta | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,741 | 776 |
| Most in one year | 127 | 43 |
| Babies in 2025 | 5 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 2,700 | 730 |
| Median age today | 24 | 41 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 1990 |
| Best rank | 1,447th girls | 2,695th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 14,942nd | unranked |
| First recorded | 1944 | 1935 |
| Girls / boys | 2,741 / 0 | 776 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Jaquettas alive today are over 41; half the Jaquelyns are over 24. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Jaquelyn and Jaquetta.