Jaklyn — girls' name
254 babies named Jaklyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Jaklyn was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Jaklyn in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaklyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Jaklyn between 1983 and 2021, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaklyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaklyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jaklyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaklyn 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 254 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.
Jaklyn at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaklyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1983
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
254 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 13 births in a single year.
Jaklyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 83 births that decade — 33% of Jaklyn's all-time total
Jaklyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaklyn's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% 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, 1983–2021 (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.