Jaclyn — #2719 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jaclyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 49,569 babies named Jaclyn between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaclyn currently holds the #2719 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 2,497 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaclyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 21,801 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jaclyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5,976 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaclyn in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaclyn 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 49,569 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.