How rare is the name Jacquelynn?

3,708 people in the United States have the first name Jacquelynn, about 1 in 81,454. It ranks #4,849 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JACQUELYNN

#4,849

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,708
About
1 in 81,454
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,708 people named Jacquelynn, 70.5% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jacquelynn peaked in 1993, when 131 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19212025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
131
In 2025*
14 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,095 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.

Jacquelynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,138. The largest share of babies named Jacquelynn, 32.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1920s#5,56893
1930s#3,088203
1940s#2,180446
1950s#2,138620
1960s#2,521529
1970s#3,226437
1980s#2,226964
1990s#2,717972
2000s#5,256518
2010s#9,290242
2020s#14,54171
Greatest Generation 1901–271.3%
Silent Generation 1928–458.9%
Baby boom 1946–6422.1%
Generation X 1965–8014.7%
Millennials 1981–9632.3%
Generation Z 1997–1216.5%
2013 and later4.2%

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 Jacquelynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jacquelynn has been most common in Texas (2.8×), California (2.7×), and Michigan (2.1×), and least common in New York (0.75×).

1,725 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.

Exactly as common as Jacquelynn

1 other first name also has 3,708 people.

#4,849 Roshan · 3,708

Either side of Jacquelynn

#4,847 Dayne · 3,710#4,848 Ludmila · 3,709#4,849 Roshan · 3,708#4,851 Felice · 3,705

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jacquelynn, most common first.

#151 Jacqueline · 331,316#800 Jacquelyn · 60,916#3,095 Jacquelin · 7,127#6,143 Jacqulyn · 2,645#6,301 Jaquelyn · 2,559#6,566 Jacquelyne · 2,429#15,369 Jacquelene · 750#15,816 Jacqualyn · 722

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