Jaclyn
Jaclyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. Its best rank was 115th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 630.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19882,497 births
- Best rank
- #115in 1988
- Since 1923
- 49,569people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,569 girls have been named Jaclyn in the United States since 1923, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 2,497 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 63 births in 2024, against 2,497 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 44%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jaclyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 47 | |
| 1930s | 179 | |
| 1940s | 396 | |
| 1950s | 753 | |
| 1960s | 710 | |
| 1970s | 7,017 | |
| 1980s | 21,801 | |
| 1990s | 12,661 | |
| 2000s | 3,979 | |
| 2010s | 1,578 | |
| 2020s | 448 |
In 1988, its biggest year
Jaclyn was the 115th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Jaclyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharikapeak 1987
- Eboniepeak 1982
- Jessicapeak 1987
- Ebonypeak 1982
- Tarahpeak 1985
- Amandapeak 1987
- Amberpeak 1986
- Casiepeak 1983
Other spellings in the data
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.