Jakelyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jakelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 365 babies named Jakelyn between 1991 and 2018, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jakelyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakelyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 196 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jakelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jakelyn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakelyn 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 365 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.