Jacquelyn

#2,276 for girls in 2025, 80 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #5,823
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1951 · 1,906 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
85,197
since 1907

Jacquelyn over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #163, 1951girls
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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#2,27680
2024#2,26582
2023#2,09092
2022#1,885107
2021#1,816111
2020#1,704119
2019#1,655127
2018#1,474149
2017#1,392165
2016#1,472156
2015#1,199208
2014#1,050248
2013#1,165206
2012#1,031246
2011#1,022244
2010#865308
2009#904301
2008#799361
2007#672437
2006#670429
2005#652425
2004#618443
2003#531533
2002#459621
2001#425661
2000#359831
1999#393709
1998#372759
1997#335853
1996#311907
1995#277998
1994#2691,045
1993#2521,102
1992#2431,145
1991#2321,212
1990#2211,298#5,8238
1989#1971,365#7,9055
1988#1821,532#5,7517
1987#1881,467
1986#2071,261
1985#1971,360
1984#1921,432
1983#1931,377#4,9077
1982#1921,436#3,96610
1981#2251,148#6,2625
1980#2491,036
1979#260932#6,0565
1978#266867#4,1578
1977#323727
1976#373554
1975#357601
1974#340641
1973#357593
1972#338667
1971#328804
1970#300951#4,2306
1969#293955
1968#2631,021#3,6736
1967#270975#3,5596
1966#2631,022
1965#2581,103
1964#2471,274#4,0395
1963#2721,098#3,6466
1962#2531,237
1961#2321,394
1960#2821,045
1959#289976
1958#2641,109
1957#2481,195#3,5526
1956#2171,396
1955#2071,500
1954#1961,605
1953#1831,737#3,7985
1952#1821,673
1951#1631,906
1950#1671,724
1949#1901,440
1948#1931,421
1947#1921,390#3,7335
1946#1991,208
1945#205949
1944#205972#3,4305
1943#213943
1942#221884#3,5605
1941#222782
1940#241692
1939#230725
1938#226741
1937#228711
1936#236694
1935#241679
1934#241662
1933#241628
1932#237660
1931#236645
1930#240666
1929#274545
1928#306468
1927#305487
1926#346374
1925#392305
1924#414281
1923#446233
1922#559163
1921#76192
1920#79782
1919#87065
1918#1,12643
1917#1,26133
1916#1,68921
1915#1,25831
1914#1,74015
1913#1,17622
1912
1911#2,4635
1910#2,1406
1909#1,9576
1908#2,1015
1907#1,3849
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First appearance
1907

The first year at least five girls were named Jacquelyn! It came in at #1,384, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#2,265#2,276)
  • 572 spots since 2020 (#1,704#2,276)
  • 1,077 spots since 2015 (#1,199#2,276)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1919 (#1,126#870)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2011 (#865#1,022)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1951 at #163 (1,906 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1919–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 945
  • Highest: 1 in 945 girls born in 1951 were named Jacquelyn (0.11%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,091 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.4% of all girls named Jacquelyn (14,821) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s20#1,384 (1907)#1,814
1910s241#870 (1919)#1,525
1920s3,030#274 (1929)#460
1930s6,811#226 (1938)#236
1940s10,681#190 (1949)#208
1950s14,821#163 (1951)#212
1960s11,124#232 (1961)#263
1970s7,337#260 (1979)#324
1980s13,414#182 (1988)#202
1990s10,028#221 (1990)#291
2000s5,042#359 (2000)#609
2010s2,057#865 (2010)#1,233
2020s591#1,704 (2020)#2,006

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.

Jacquelyn in 1976

girls
#373
554 births · 1 in 2,645 girls

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #373Jacquelyn554
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 2,645 of them was named Jacquelyn, which outranked 96.6% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacquelyn
  1. #370Guadalupe561
  2. #371Candy557
  3. #371Jeanne557
  4. #373Jacquelyn554
  5. #374Dina553
  6. #375Krystal550
  7. #376Celeste547
Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1976