Girls' name · peaked in 1951
Jacquelyn name popularity since 1925
84,195 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jacquelyn. Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Jacquelyn is about 60 years old in 2026. Jacquelyn peaked in 1951 as the #163 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 84,195
- Named Jacquelyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,286 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 84,085 girls · 110 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 1.70× its national share
Peak year is the year Jacquelyn 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.
Jacquelyn births per year, 1925–2025
1951 was the biggest year for Jacquelyn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Jacquelyn became 2.4× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 2000 and 2005, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 2,190 to 1 in 4,350.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jacquelyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jacquelyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jacquelyn 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 | 2,179 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 6,811 | 0 | #241 |
| 1940s | 10,681 | 15 | #205 |
| 1950s | 14,821 | 11 | #207 |
| 1960s | 11,124 | 23 | #258 |
| 1970s | 7,337 | 19 | #357 |
| 1980s | 13,414 | 34 | #197 |
| 1990s | 10,028 | 8 | #278 |
| 2000s | 5,042 | 0 | #654 |
| 2010s | 2,057 | 0 | #1,201 |
| 2020–25 | 591 | 0 | #2,286 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
31.3% of babies named Jacquelyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Jacquelyn is most popular
The index compares Jacquelyn'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 Jacquelyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 1.70× | 3,816 |
| Florida | 1.35× | 3,953 |
| District of Columbia | 1.32× | 494 |
| Massachusetts | 1.28× | 2,477 |
| Michigan | 1.25× | 3,891 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jacquelyn 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacquelyn (this page) | 84,085 | 1951 |
| Jacquelin | 9,453 | 2000 |
| Jacquelynn | 5,070 | 1993 |
| Jacqulyn | 3,937 | 1979 |
| Jacqualyn | 1,053 | 1950 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jacquelyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jacquelyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jacquelyn (1951).
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