Jaclyn

#2,778 for girls in 2025, 61 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1988 · 2,497 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
49,632
since 1923

Jaclyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jaclyn has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #114, 1988girls
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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#2,77861
2024#2,72263
2023#2,35277
2022#2,19386
2021#1,885105
2020#1,716118
2019#1,569136
2018#1,497146
2017#1,475152
2016#1,512150
2015#1,454158
2014#1,471152
2013#1,514145
2012#1,364171
2011#1,244192
2010#1,336176
2009#1,228203
2008#1,281194
2007#947286
2006#851315
2005#700393
2004#674408
2003#589466
2002#528521
2001#481579
2000#452614
1999#429646
1998#391703
1997#357771
1996#303940
1995#2561,090
1994#2251,257#8,8005
1993#1971,497
1992#1711,775
1991#1611,827
1990#1432,155#5,8238
1989#1382,218#4,81110
1988#1142,497#7,2705
1987#1162,404#6,0896
1986#1332,103#4,8538
1985#1222,385#5,1477
1984#1342,168#4,9737
1983#1262,387#5,4846
1982#1412,139
1981#1581,808#2,56918
1980#1681,693
1979#1242,303#2,77716
1978#1312,129
1977#1481,939#5,1236
1976#537325
1975#1,80751
1974#2,25435
1973#1,58958
1972#1,77149
1971#1,73052
1970#1,36976
1969#1,087104
1968#1,14788
1967#1,29970
1966#1,32067
1965#1,36665
1964#1,40564
1963#1,30571
1962#1,34468
1961#1,32770
1960#1,72543
1959#1,64344
1958#1,51250
1957#1,19378
1956#1,16979
1955#1,05591
1954#1,10879
1953#94899
1952#1,06778
1951#1,11669
1950#97886
1949#1,18359
1948#1,18558
1947#1,20456
1946#1,23948
1945#1,23242
1944#1,36435
1943#1,62527
1942#1,63026
1941#1,75021
1940#1,59124
1939#1,79719
1938#1,54724
1937#1,67921
1936#1,74119
1935#2,30513
1934#1,91317
1933#1,77319
1932#2,13015
1931#1,59423
1930#3,0559
1929#3,3948
1928#3,4368
1927#2,85911
1926#3,5648
1925
1924#5,0615
1923#3,9717
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First appearance
1923

The first year at least five girls were named Jaclyn! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1925, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#2,722#2,778)
  • 1,062 spots since 2020 (#1,716#2,778)
  • 1,324 spots since 2015 (#1,454#2,778)
  • Biggest jump: 1,270 spots in 1976 (#1,807#537)
  • Biggest drop: 334 spots in 2008 (#947#1,281)
Rise & fade · girls
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1923
  • Peaked 1988 at #114 (2,497 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1976–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 697
  • Highest: 1 in 697 girls born in 1979 were named Jaclyn (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 26,349 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #114 in 1988, was only 1 in 713 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Jaclyn (21,802) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s47#2,859 (1927)#3,714
1930s179#1,547 (1938)#1,953
1940s396#1,183 (1949)#1,400
1950s753#948 (1953)#1,179
1960s710#1,087 (1969)#1,333
1970s7,017#124 (1979)#1,146
1980s21,802#114 (1988)#135
1990s12,661#143 (1990)#263
2000s3,979#452 (2000)#773
2010s1,578#1,244 (2011)#1,444
2020s510#1,716 (2020)#2,274

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.

Jaclyn in 1990

girls
#143
2,155 births · 1 in 881 girls
boys
#5,823
8 births · 1 in 256,755 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #143Jaclyn2,155

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #5,823Jaclyn8
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 881 of them was named Jaclyn, which outranked 99.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaclyn
  1. #140Grace2,186
  2. #141Sierra2,170
  3. #142Candace2,162
  4. #143Jaclyn2,155
  5. #144Adriana2,151
  6. #145Krista2,144
  7. #146Alexa2,131
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 256,755 of them was named Jaclyn, which outranked 38.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jaclyn
  1. #5,382Zoe9
  2. #5,382Zong9
  3. #5,382Zuriel9
  4. #5,823Jaclyn8
  5. #5,823Aaren8
  6. #5,823Aaric8
  7. #5,823Abayomi8
  8. #6,415Abdias7
  9. #6,415Abdulmalik7
  10. #6,415Abdurrahman7

Tied with 591 names at #5,823; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990