Girls' name · since 1944
Jaquelyn
2,741 babies named Jaquelyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,157 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,741
- born since 1944
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jaquelyn is the #15157 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,741 recorded since 1944.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaquelyn has been recorded 2,741 times among girls since 1944, currently ranked #15157 nationally and more common than 12% of girls, 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 1944 to 2025.
- #3,804 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,157 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,741 born since 1944
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaquelyn ranks #3,804 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,157 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,741 born since 1944, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,804 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,157 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,741
- born since 1944
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaquelyn's 2,741 recorded births place it above 94.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jaquelyn compares
2,741 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaquelyn's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaquelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,741 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 127 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaquelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaquelyn's full recorded timeline at 1989, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 127 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaquelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 127
- Annual births at peak, across 82 years of records
Jaquelyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,027 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Jaquelyn's strongest decade.
1,027 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jaquelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 27
1940s
27 births
- 1950s 50
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 51
1960s
51 births
- 1970s 75
1970s
75 births
- 1980s 344
1980s
344 births
- 1990s
1990s
672 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,027 births
- 2010s
2010s
427 births
- 2020s 68
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,027 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jaquelyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaquelyn's total volume
Jaquelyn by state
Where Jaquelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 619 | 22.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 445 | 16.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 69 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 64 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 41 | 1.5% |
| #6 | New York | | 23 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 12 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New Mexico | | 6 | 0.2% |
619 of 2,741 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Jaquelyn appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaquelyn's data
- Jaquelyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,027 total births); usage has since declined to 68 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaquelyns (619 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Jaquelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~81 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, 1944–2025 (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 Jaquelyn 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.