Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 81 births. Its best rank was 163rd, in 1951.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 810.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19511,905 births
- Best rank
- #163in 1951
- Since 1907
- 85,116people given the name
The story in the numbers
85,116 girls have been named Jacquelyn in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 1,905 births — 0.11% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 81 births in 2024, against 1,905 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1965, and the 1950s alone account for 17%. It has spent 92 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jacquelyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | |
| 1910s | 241 | |
| 1920s | 3,030 | |
| 1930s | 6,811 | |
| 1940s | 10,681 | |
| 1950s | 14,821 | |
| 1960s | 11,124 | |
| 1970s | 7,337 | |
| 1980s | 13,414 | |
| 1990s | 10,029 | |
| 2000s | 5,042 | |
| 2010s | 2,057 | |
| 2020s | 509 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Jacquelyn was the 163rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1951 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Barbara. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Jacquelyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jacquelynepeak 1961
- Jacqulynpeak 1952
- Jacqualynpeak 1950
- Jacquelinepeak 1964
- Charlynpeak 1947
- Janettpeak 1991
- Jannettepeak 1960
- Jannettpeak 1991
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.