Girls' name · since 1927
Jackolyn
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.
- #22,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
154 girls have been named Jackolyn since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jackolyn has 154 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1990.
- #22,487 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jackolyn ranks #22,487 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jackolyn's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jackolyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jackolyn splits its recorded history at 1951: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jackolyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1990
- Peak year (1947)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Jackolyn by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (59 births, 38% of the file).
1950s was Jackolyn's strongest decade.
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jackolyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 13
1930s
13 births
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
59 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 59 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jackolyn's data
- Jackolyn's decade-level peak was the 1950s (59 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jackolyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~63 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1927–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jackolyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.