# Jacquelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jacquelyn/  
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 | Jackie, Jacki |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 85,307 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 110 / 85,197 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 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 | 244 | 1,023 |
| 2012 | 246 | 1,032 |
| 2013 | 206 | 1,167 |
| 2014 | 248 | 1,050 |
| 2015 | 208 | 1,201 |
| 2016 | 156 | 1,474 |
| 2017 | 165 | 1,395 |
| 2018 | 149 | 1,476 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,662 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,708 |
| 2021 | 111 | 1,821 |
| 2022 | 107 | 1,890 |
| 2023 | 92 | 2,097 |
| 2024 | 82 | 2,276 |
| 2025 | 80 | 2,286 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 5 | 4,061 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,745 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,815 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,298 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,734 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,899 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,465 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,317 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,458 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,691 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,067 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,140 |
| 1988 | 7 | 6,040 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,415 |
| 1990 | 8 | 6,067 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |

## People named Jacquelyn

- Jacquelyn Jablonski, American model

## 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.