Girls' name · since 2015

Jekalyn

Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 25 babies named Jekalyn, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#43,159 of 72,339
all-time among girls
25
born since 2015
2010s
peak decade

Jekalyn is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 2015.

Jekalyn has 25 recorded births among girls since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2019.

  • #43,159 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 25 born since 2015
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jekalyn ranks #43,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.

#43,159 of 72,339
all-time among girls
25
born since 2015
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jekalyn's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jekalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jekalyn's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jekalyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2017)
8
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
456789 2015201720182019 6

Jekalyn by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (25 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Jekalyn's strongest decade.

25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Jekalyn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jekalyn?
Jekalyn has been given to 25 babies in the U.S. since 2015, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #43,159 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2019. 8 babies were born in 2017, its single highest year.
Where does Jekalyn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jekalyn ranks #43,159 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jekalyn most popular?
Jekalyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Jekalyn been used?
The SSA has tracked Jekalyn since 2015 -- 5 years through the most recent 2019 data.
What names are similar to Jekalyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jekayla, Jekia, Jekiah, Jekeria. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Jekalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2015–2019 (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 Jekalyn 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.