first name
JACKLYN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 14,492 people named Jacklyn, 65.2% reported their origin as White, 19.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Jacklyn peaked in 1987, when 488 babies got the name.
At least 17,002 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Jacklyn by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #938. The largest share of babies named Jacklyn, 39.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Jacklyn is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jacklyn has been most common in California (1.9×), Texas (1.7×), and Michigan (1.6×), and least common in Mississippi (0.21×).
12,179 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Jacklyn
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacklyn, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Jacklyn ranks #155,682 of 156,621, with 100 people. See Jacklyn as a last name
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