Jacklyn Girl
How popular is Jacklyn?
#2,564 girl name in 2025
68 baby girls were named Jacklyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2564th most popular girl name.
Jacklyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,564 for girls (▲ 293 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 68 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,060 in 2015, #1,977 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (488 girls) |
| Highest rank | #454 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jacklyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jaclyn family of names ranked #961 for girls in 2025 (#1,005 the year before), with 220 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jaclyn | 61 | 28% |
| Jacklyn | 68 | 31% |
| Jackeline | 30 | 14% |
| Jacklynn | 32 | 15% |
| Jaclynn | 16 | 7% |
| Jackelyn | 6 | 3% |
| Jackelin | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jacklyn is most popular
Babies named Jacklyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Indiana: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Jacklyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | #3,185 |
| 1920s | 196 | #1,243 |
| 1930s | 646 | #666 |
| 1940s | 1,193 | #658 |
| 1950s | 1,562 | #645 |
| 1960s | 939 | #815 |
| 1970s | 919 | #698 |
| 1980s | 4,058 | #454 |
| 1990s | 3,806 | #491 |
| 2000s | 2,146 | #805 |
| 2010s | 1,064 | #1,456 |
| 2020s | 441 | #1,977 |
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Questions
- Is Jacklyn a boy or girl name?
- Jacklyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jacklyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Jacklyn?
- 68 baby girls were named Jacklyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2564th most popular girl name.
- When was Jacklyn most popular?
- Jacklyn peaked in 1987, when 488 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #454 in 1987.
- How many people are named Jacklyn?
- 17,002 babies have been named Jacklyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,223 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Jacklyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jacklyn was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.