Jacklyn — #2885 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jacklyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 16,927 babies named Jacklyn between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacklyn currently holds the #2885 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 488 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacklyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 4,057 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Jacklyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,322 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacklyn in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacklyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16,927 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.