Jacalyn
Jacalyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 395th, in 1954.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1954482 births
- Best rank
- #395in 1954
- Since 1937
- 5,185people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,185 girls have been named Jacalyn in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 482 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 482 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1956, and the 1950s alone account for 50%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jacalyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | |
| 1940s | 368 | |
| 1950s | 2,599 | |
| 1960s | 734 | |
| 1970s | 368 | |
| 1980s | 424 | |
| 1990s | 335 | |
| 2000s | 291 | |
| 2010s | 50 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Jacalyn was the 395th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Jacalyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharmanpeak 1950
- Deborahpeak 1954
- Joettepeak 1954
- Deberapeak 1955
- Catheypeak 1953
- Debrahpeak 1954
- Kathiepeak 1954
- Jannpeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.