Feminine dossier · first seen 1923

Jaclyn

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

Endangered Down 97.5% from peak

Peak era

1988

Peak rank proxy

2,497

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1923Peak 19882024

Peak year

1988

Decline from peak

97.5%

2024

All-time

49,569

Jaclyn once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1988, when 2,497 girls were named Jaclyn.

In 2024, only 63 girls were given the name.

Down 97.5% from its peak.

All told, about 49,569 Americans have been named Jaclyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1923.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.5% from peak

19882,497 girls named Jaclyn

202463 girls named Jaclyn

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