Jackolyn — girls' name
154 babies named Jackolyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Jackolyn was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jackolyn in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jackolyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Jackolyn between 1927 and 1990, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jackolyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jackolyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jackolyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jackolyn 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 154 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.
Jackolyn at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jackolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1927
- Peak year (1947)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
154 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 12 births in a single year.
Jackolyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 59 births that decade — 38% of Jackolyn's all-time total
Jackolyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Jackolyn's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.