girls:
876 births since 1945
#4840 (15th percentile)
boys:
13 births since 1994
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
889 births since 1945
#6850 (11th percentile)
The name Jacqui is the #6,850 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 889 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 11.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,840 (15.3% percentile) for all time with 876 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 1994.
Jacqui first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Jacqui is available in 59 out of the 72 years between 1945 and 2016 (59 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jacqui has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jacqui reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #750) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Jacqui reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1995.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jacqui".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Jacqui", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 15 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Jackie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Jackie..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jacqui. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.4% confident that Jacqui is pronounced as JA-kee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAK-wee, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH AE1 K IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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