Jacalyn
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #9,616
- Peak · girls
- 1954 · 482 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,185since 1937
Jacalyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Jacalyn has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
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| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,685 | 30 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 |
| 1993 | #2,938 | 40 |
| 1992 | #2,830 | 42 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 |
| 1988 | #2,274 | 49 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 |
| 1985 | #2,317 | 43 |
| 1984 | #2,050 | 49 |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 |
| 1974 | #1,913 | 45 |
| 1973 | #2,565 | 28 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 82 |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 |
| 1961 | #1,116 | 97 |
| 1960 | #1,312 | 70 |
| 1959 | #1,292 | 69 |
| 1958 | #1,211 | 77 |
| 1957 | #975 | 113 |
| 1956 | #840 | 140 |
| 1955 | #496 | 341 |
| 1954 | #395 | 482 |
| 1953 | #411 | 437 |
| 1952 | #426 | 406 |
| 1951 | #444 | 345 |
| 1950 | #608 | 189 |
| 1949 | #823 | 113 |
| 1948 | #1,116 | 64 |
| 1947 | #1,008 | 77 |
| 1946 | #912 | 84 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jacalyn! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Jacalyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 1,830 spots in 1946 (#2,742 → #912)
- Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1956 (#496 → #840)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1954 at #395 (482 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1949–1957
- Highest: 1 in 4,029 girls born in 1954 were named Jacalyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,458 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 50.1% of all girls named Jacalyn (2,599) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,800 |
| 1940s | 368 | #823 (1949) | #2,340 |
| 1950s | 2,599 | #395 (1954) | #710 |
| 1960s | 734 | #1,081 (1962) | #1,331 |
| 1970s | 368 | #1,857 (1971) | #2,410 |
| 1980s | 424 | #2,022 (1983) | #2,414 |
| 1990s | 335 | #2,830 (1992) | #3,457 |
| 2000s | 291 | #3,070 (2000) | #4,817 |
| 2010s | 50 | #8,701 (2010) | #12,384 |
| 2020s | 10 | #9,616 (2023) | #9,616 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jacalyn in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
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1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 4,305 of them was named Jacalyn, which outranked 93.7% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.