Girls' name · since 1983
Jaklyn
Jaklyn has 254 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
254 girls have been named Jaklyn since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaklyn has been recorded 254 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2021.
- #17,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 254 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaklyn ranks #17,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 254 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 254
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaklyn's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaklyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaklyn's full recorded timeline at 2000, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaklyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2021
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jaklyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (83 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Jaklyn's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jaklyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 83 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Jaklyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaklyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1983–2021 (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 Jaklyn 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.