Feminine dossier · first seen 1913

Jacklyn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1987

Peak rank proxy

488

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1913Peak 19872024

Peak year

1987

Decline from peak

88.3%

2024

All-time

16,927

Jacklyn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1987, when 488 girls were named Jacklyn.

In 2024, only 57 girls were given the name.

Down 88.3% from its peak.

All told, about 16,927 Americans have been named Jacklyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1913.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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