Feminine dossier · first seen 1937

Jacalyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jacalyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1954

Peak era

1954

Peak rank proxy

482

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1937Peak 19542024

Peak year

1954

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

5,185

Jacalyn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1954, when 482 girls were named Jacalyn.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 5,185 Americans have been named Jacalyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1937.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1954

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