# Jaclyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jaclyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49,734 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 102 / 49,632 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 192 | 1,245 |
| 2012 | 171 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 145 | 1,516 |
| 2014 | 152 | 1,475 |
| 2015 | 158 | 1,457 |
| 2016 | 150 | 1,512 |
| 2017 | 152 | 1,476 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,499 |
| 2019 | 136 | 1,577 |
| 2020 | 118 | 1,718 |
| 2021 | 105 | 1,890 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2,198 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,366 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,733 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,790 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 5,418 |
| 1979 | 16 | 2,829 |
| 1981 | 18 | 2,619 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,779 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,198 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,401 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,056 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,430 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,752 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,969 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,066 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,389 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 2,701 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Jaclyn

- Jaclyn Smith, American actress
- Jaclyn Jose, Filipino actress (1963–2024)
- Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (1986–2003)
- Jaclyn Swedberg, American model and actress
- Jaclyn Moriarty, Australian writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.