girls:
49.5k births since 1923
#579 (90th percentile)
boys:
103 births since 1977
#4483 (2nd percentile)
overall:
49.6k births since 1923
#1079 (86th percentile)
The name Jaclyn is the #1,079 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 49,606 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 86.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #579 (89.9% percentile) for all time with 49,503 births since 1923. For boys, it ranks #4,483 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 103 births since 1977.
Jaclyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Jaclyn is available in 100 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023 (100 years for girls and 12 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 Jaclyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jaclyn reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 86.0% percentile (ranked #114) with 1,298 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 1,336 births per million (ranked 84.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1987, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jaclyn ranks #875 for girls (7.6% percentile) with 44 births per million, which is 3.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jaclyn reached its peak popularity in 1981, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #669) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaclyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jaclyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.7% confident that Jaclyn is pronounced as JAK-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAK-leen, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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