girls:
16.9k births since 1913
#1147 (80th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1989
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
16.9k births since 1913
#1987 (74th percentile)
The name Jacklyn is the #1,987 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,875 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 74.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,147 (79.9% percentile) for all time with 16,870 births since 1913. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1989.
Jacklyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Jacklyn is available in 107 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (107 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jacklyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jacklyn reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 50.2% percentile (ranked #400) with 260 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 260 births per million (ranked 50.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jacklyn ranks #872 for girls (7.9% percentile) with 46 births per million, which is 17.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jacklyn reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jacklyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jacklyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Jacklyn is pronounced as JAK-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAK-leen, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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