Jacquelyn Girl
How popular is Jacquelyn?
#2,276 girl name in 2025
80 baby girls were named Jacquelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name.
Jacquelyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,276 for girls (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 80 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,199 in 2015, #1,704 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1951 (1,906 girls) |
| Highest rank | #163 in 1951 |
| First recorded | 1907 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jacquelyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jacqueline family of names ranked #420 for girls in 2025 (#421 the year before), with 726 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline | 541 | 75% |
| Jacquelyn | 80 | 11% |
| Jaqueline | 66 | 9% |
| Jaquelin | 12 | 2% |
| Jacquelin | 8 | 1% |
| Jaquelyn | 5 | 1% |
| Jacquelynn | 14 | 2% |
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 Jacquelyn is most popular
Babies named Jacquelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jacquelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 20 | #1,384 |
| 1910s | 241 | #870 |
| 1920s | 3,030 | #274 |
| 1930s | 6,811 | #226 |
| 1940s | 10,681 | #190 |
| 1950s | 14,821 | #163 |
| 1960s | 11,124 | #232 |
| 1970s | 7,337 | #260 |
| 1980s | 13,414 | #182 |
| 1990s | 10,028 | #221 |
| 2000s | 5,042 | #359 |
| 2010s | 2,057 | #865 |
| 2020s | 591 | #1,704 |
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Questions
- Is Jacquelyn a boy or girl name?
- Jacquelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jacquelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Jacquelyn?
- 80 baby girls were named Jacquelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 2276th most popular girl name.
- When was Jacquelyn most popular?
- Jacquelyn peaked in 1951, when 1,906 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #163 in 1951.
- How many people are named Jacquelyn?
- 85,307 babies have been named Jacquelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 68,102 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Jacquelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jacquelyn was most common in Washington, 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.