Jacalyn

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #9,616

Peak · girls
1954 · 482 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,185
since 1937

Jacalyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jacalyn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #395, 1954girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2023#9,61610
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2016#12,8767
2015#14,4826
2014—
2013#11,0009
2012#16,8695
2011#10,37410
2010#8,70113
2009#6,54420
2008#6,79919
2007#4,94429
2006#4,68530
2005#5,11325
2004#4,94926
2003#4,53628
2002#3,97832
2001#3,54937
2000#3,07045
1999#3,97029
1998#4,23826
1997#2,97740
1996#3,30235
1995#3,78028
1994#3,09837
1993#2,93840
1992#2,83042
1991#4,20824
1990#3,22734
1989#2,57244
1988#2,27449
1987#3,10130
1986#2,34443
1985#2,31743
1984#2,05049
1983#2,02250
1982#2,22045
1981#2,84731
1980#2,39140
1979#1,87456
1978#2,57233
1977#2,25740
1976#3,96316
1975#2,96924
1974#1,91345
1973#2,56528
1972#2,22234
1971#1,85747
1970#1,90445
1969#1,87144
1968#1,51956
1967#1,37264
1966#1,17882
1965#1,16884
1964#1,29374
1963#1,40363
1962#1,081100
1961#1,11697
1960#1,31270
1959#1,29269
1958#1,21177
1957#975113
1956#840140
1955#496341
1954#395482
1953#411437
1952#426406
1951#444345
1950#608189
1949#823113
1948#1,11664
1947#1,00877
1946#91284
1945#2,74211
1944#4,5745
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1942#3,1949
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Jacalyn! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1938–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jacalyn is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNHWashington: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,161 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #250 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,380 girlsMNIllinois: #319 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,281 girlsILWisconsin: #155 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,124 girlsWIMichigan: #227 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,065 girlsMINew York: #364 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,743 girlsNYMassachusetts: #361 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,622 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedSDIowa: #288 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,944 girlsIAIndiana: #396 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,037 girlsINOhio: #342 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,152 girlsOHPennsylvania: #328 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsPANew Jersey: #372 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,149 girlsNJConnecticut: #304 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,685 girlsCTCalifornia: #556 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 6,718 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,143 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNMKansas: #219 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,628 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedHITexas: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,995 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jacalyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#155 · 1 in 1,124
  2. Kansas#219 · 1 in 1,628
  3. Michigan#227 · 1 in 2,065
  4. Minnesota#250 · 1 in 2,380
  5. Iowa#288 · 1 in 2,944

Best ever in a state: #131 in South Dakota, 1953.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#155351 in 1,124
Kansas#219121 in 1,628
Michigan#227381 in 2,065
Minnesota#250151 in 2,380
Iowa#288101 in 2,944
Connecticut#30451 in 3,685
Illinois#319281 in 3,281
Pennsylvania#328281 in 3,875
Ohio#342221 in 4,152
Massachusetts#36171 in 6,622
New York#364401 in 3,743
New Jersey#37291 in 5,149
Indiana#39691 in 5,037
Missouri#41481 in 5,143
Washington#44351 in 5,161
California#556181 in 6,718
Texas#99761 in 16,995
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jacalyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 1,830 spots in 1946 (#2,742 → #912)
  • Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1956 (#496 → #840)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1954 at #395 (482 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1949–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,029
  • Highest: 1 in 4,029 girls born in 1954 were named Jacalyn (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,458 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 50.1% of all girls named Jacalyn (2,599) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s6#3,800 (1937)#3,800
1940s368#823 (1949)#2,340
1950s2,599#395 (1954)#710
1960s734#1,081 (1962)#1,331
1970s368#1,857 (1971)#2,410
1980s424#2,022 (1983)#2,414
1990s335#2,830 (1992)#3,457
2000s291#3,070 (2000)#4,817
2010s50#8,701 (2010)#12,384
2020s10#9,616 (2023)#9,616

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jacalyn in 1951

girls
#444
345 births · 1 in 5,220 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #444Jacalyn345
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 5,220 of them was named Jacalyn, which outranked 92.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jacalyn
  1. #441Meredith359
  2. #442Mable356
  3. #443Genevieve354
  4. #444Jacalyn345
  5. #445Shari343
  6. #446Dee342
  7. #447Earlene341
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →