Girls' name · peaked in 1987

Jacklyn name popularity since 1925

16,920 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jacklyn. Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Jacklyn is about 39 years old in 2026. Jacklyn peaked in 1987 as the #454 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 16,920; Named Jacklyn, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1987; #454 for girls that year
Typical age: About 39; Median birth year 1987
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #2,570 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 100.0% girls; 16,915 girls · 5 boys
Most popular in: California; 1.78× its national share

Peak year is the year Jacklyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Jacklyn births per year, 1925–2025

1987 was the biggest year for Jacklyn both by count and as a share of all babies.

Steepest fall: Between 1954 and 1959, Jacklyn's share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 11,200 to 1 in 19,300.
Fastest rise: Between 1977 and 1982, it became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 11,000 baby girls to 1 in 4,430.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jacklyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jacklyn.

Decade by decade

Babies named Jacklyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	141	0	–
1930s	646	0	#952
1940s	1,193	0	#691
1950s	1,562	0	#760
1960s	939	0	#1,091
1970s	919	0	#1,999
1980s	4,058	5	#514
1990s	3,806	0	#624
2000s	2,146	0	#1,126
2010s	1,064	0	#2,064
2020–25	441	0	#2,570

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

39.9% of babies named Jacklyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Jacklyn is most popular

The index compares Jacklyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jacklyn.

State	Index	Babies
California	1.78×	2,317
Texas	1.65×	1,593
Michigan	1.62×	765
New York	1.41×	1,320
Illinois	1.31×	784

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Jacklyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Jacklyn (this page)	16,915	1987
Jacklynn	2,370	2010

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jacklyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jacklyn.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Jacklyn (1987).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data