Jacklyn

#2,564 for girls in 2025, 68 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 488 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,997
since 1913

Jacklyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jacklyn has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #454, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,56468
2024#2,85758
2023#2,28880
2022#3,07353
2021#2,15487
2020#1,97795
2019#1,97198
2018#2,15987
2017#2,20086
2016#2,14990
2015#2,06095
2014#2,19486
2013#1,834110
2012#1,760117
2011#1,564140
2010#1,456155
2009#1,379172
2008#1,486157
2007#1,162220
2006#1,209199
2005#1,125209
2004#1,067216
2003#984234
2002#1,113188
2001#850269
2000#805282
1999#748300
1998#775277
1997#708303
1996#602380
1995#624350
1994#578396
1993#544435
1992#536440
1991#491485
1990#540440
1989#492479#7,9055
1988#470481
1987#454488
1986#479447
1985#514392
1984#502395
1983#471424
1982#521382
1981#550338
1980#721232
1979#735223
1978#698227
1977#983139
1976#2,06042
1975#1,98644
1974#1,80149
1973#1,97941
1972#1,98940
1971#1,73052
1970#1,56262
1969#1,57257
1968#1,33469
1967#1,29970
1966#1,08793
1965#1,08992
1964#950122
1963#1,24178
1962#1,074101
1961#815166
1960#1,13891
1959#1,036105
1958#911127
1957#851142
1956#761164
1955#760157
1954#704174
1953#646191
1952#687170
1951#664173
1950#670159
1949#683150
1948#689145
1947#671158
1946#658145
1945#690117
1944#690117
1943#758104
1942#709110
1941#91165
1940#78082
1939#89162
1938#80377
1937#666104
1936#69393
1935#94654
1934#79471
1933#90456
1932#1,21335
1931#99549
1930#1,10145
1929#1,24436
1928#1,50228
1927#1,40433
1926#1,72124
1925#1,94620
1924#2,13718
1923#2,58713
1922#3,6558
1921#2,28216
1920
1919#3,2199
1918#3,5128
1917#4,5945
1916
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1914
1913#3,1875
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Jacklyn! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 293 spots since 2024 (#2,857#2,564)
  • 587 spots since 2020 (#1,977#2,564)
  • 504 spots since 2015 (#2,060#2,564)
  • Biggest jump: 1,077 spots in 1977 (#2,060#983)
  • Biggest drop: 263 spots in 2002 (#850#1,113)
Rise & fade · girls
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1987 at #454 (488 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1933–1958
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,563
  • Highest: 1 in 3,563 girls born in 1987 were named Jacklyn (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 23,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 23.9% of all girls named Jacklyn (4,058) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s27#3,187 (1913)#3,628
1920s196#1,244 (1929)#2,053
1930s646#666 (1937)#901
1940s1,193#658 (1946)#724
1950s1,562#646 (1953)#769
1960s939#815 (1961)#1,160
1970s919#698 (1978)#1,552
1980s4,058#454 (1987)#517
1990s3,806#491 (1991)#615
2000s2,146#805 (2000)#1,118
2010s1,064#1,456 (2010)#1,935
2020s441#1,977 (2020)#2,486

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.

Jacklyn in 1935

girls
#946
54 births · 1 in 19,418 girls

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #946Jacklyn54
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 19,418 of them was named Jacklyn, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacklyn
  1. #937Marla55
  2. #937Paulette55
  3. #937Vita55
  4. #946Jacklyn54
  5. #946Audra54
  6. #946Concepcion54
  7. #946Delphia54
  8. #954Aida53
  9. #954Eve53
  10. #954Georgine53

Tied with 7 names at #946; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1935