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Joaquin

boy name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
3
Peak era
2010s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

Spanish form of Joachim, "God will establish"

Say it: wah-KEEN (in Spanish, Joaquín takes an accent and three syllables)

Also written Joaquín.

The story

Joaquin is the Spanish form of Joachim, from the Hebrew for "God will establish," and by tradition the name of the father of the Virgin Mary. It carries a specific music, that soft Spanish j that English speakers learn the first time they hear it said right. In the US it climbed with the Spanish-speaking population and then crossed over: 2,150 in the 1970s, 8,184 in the 2000s, 9,899 in the 2010s, and about 6,100 so far this decade. It is a boy's name. Most Americans first met it through the actor Joaquin Phoenix, who kept the original pronunciation and made everyone else learn it. Between the saint and the star, it manages to be devout and modern at once, which is a useful thing for a name to be.

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How popular is Joaquin around the world?

In the United States, 6,130 babies were named Joaquin between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 352 boys named Joaquin were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

Joaquin is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Chile, Argentina, Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico City, Brazil, Ireland, Canada, South Australia, England and Wales and France.

United States

1 in 3,600

In the United States, 6,130 babies were named Joaquin between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Joaquin peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Montevideo City

1 in 70 · 2011

In Montevideo, 352 boys named Joaquin were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2009

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Chile

1 in 130

In Chile, 1,393 boys were registered as Joaquin in 2021, every accent spelling counted together, most often written Joaquín.

1920peak 2011

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 230

In Argentina, 2,903 newborns were given the name Joaquin in 2024.

peak 20122024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Spain

1 in 450

In Spain, 100,775 residents are named Joaquin, the 48th most common name among men, with a mean age of 56.4 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Puerto Rico

1 in 1,400

In Puerto Rico, 13 babies were named Joaquin in 2025, and 271 have carried the name since 1998.

1998peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Mexico City City

1 in 1,900

In Mexico City, there were 62 registrations of Joaquin in 2022.

2000peak 20162022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 12,000

At the 2022 census, 16,997 people in Brazil were named Joaquin, ranked 1,178th, with a median age of 35.
Among people named Joaquin living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

1930speak 2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 3,442 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

1 in 14,000

In Ireland, 4 boys named Joaquin were born in 2025, the 676th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Canada

1 in 14,000

In Canada, 26 boys named Joaquin were born in 2024, the 977th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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South Australia

1 in 18,000 · 2017

In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Joaquin in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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England and Wales

1 in 39,000

In England and Wales, 15 boys named Joaquin were born in 2025, ranked 1,705th among boys that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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France

1 in 64,000

In France, about 10 boys named Joaquin were born in 2025, ranked 2,601st among boys that year.

1900peak 19672025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Austria

last on record 2022

Joaquin is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Not on the record in New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Joaquin

Most people given the name Joaquin in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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Where Joaquin travels

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