# Joaquin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/joaquin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /wɑˈkiːn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,654 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35,601 / 53 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 258, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Joaquín.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 8,951 |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,889 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,264 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,413 |
| 1984 | 5 | 11,106 |
| 1988 | 5 | 12,642 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,428 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,400 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,811 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,826 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 950 | 328 |
| 2012 | 970 | 326 |
| 2013 | 953 | 340 |
| 2014 | 1,045 | 327 |
| 2015 | 1,082 | 321 |
| 2016 | 1,003 | 346 |
| 2017 | 906 | 364 |
| 2018 | 954 | 347 |
| 2019 | 1,006 | 332 |
| 2020 | 1,083 | 307 |
| 2021 | 1,083 | 309 |
| 2022 | 1,029 | 329 |
| 2023 | 999 | 335 |
| 2024 | 1,011 | 340 |
| 2025 | 925 | 355 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## People named Joaquin

- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- Joaquín Correa, Argentine association football player
- Joaquín Larrivey, Argentine association football player (born 1984)
- Joaquin Seys, Belgian footballer (born 2005)
- José Joaquín Pérez, Chilean politician and President (1801-1889)
- Joaquin Miller, American poet and frontiersman (1837–1913)
- Joaquín Panichelli, Argentine footballer
- Joaquín Mosquera y Arboleda, Colombian politician (1787-1878)
- Joaquín Boters, Bolivian footballer
- Joaquín Rocha, boxer
- Joaquín Arias, Cuban footballer
- Joaquín Arzura, Argentine footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.