Jackalyn

Girl · recorded 1942–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jackalyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

061219421960197819962014

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 58 recorded years as a table
Jackalyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19427
19435
19444
19464
19477
19485
19505
19516
19524
19546
19553
19566
19583
19592
19602
19614
19634
19705
19714
19733
19754
19765
19775
19787
19794
19804
19815
19826
198310
19847
19856
19864
19876
19888
19896
19908
19914
19925
19938
19945
19956
19966
199712
19988
19998
20008
20016
20026
20037
20049
200510
200612
20077
20088
20094
20103
20115
20144

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jackalyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2014
7
Rank in 2014
#13,069
How rare
1 in 255,193 girls
Since 1942
586

Jackalyn was last recorded in 2014. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1997, at 12 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jackalyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.