The name Jacquelyn is of Old French origin, and is a feminine form of Jacob.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jacquelyn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Jacquelyn
Use of the Name Jacquelyn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
80,361
51,145
26,507
7,300
3,079
967
435
The table below indicates the number of times the name Jacquelyn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Jacquelyn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1919, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Jacquelyn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1919
862
66
1920
799
82
1921
763
92
1922
560
163
1923
444
234
1924
414
279
1925
392
306
1926
345
373
1927
305
484
1928
306
470
1929
275
544
1930
239
670
1931
235
646
1932
237
659
1933
241
625
1934
240
663
1935
241
680
1936
236
693
1937
228
711
1938
226
741
1939
230
725
1940
241
693
1941
222
781
1942
221
887
1943
213
941
1944
205
974
1945
206
946
1946
200
1,203
1947
192
1,391
1948
193
1,419
1949
190
1,438
1950
164
1,729
1951
163
1,892
1952
182
1,668
1953
181
1,747
1954
196
1,601
1955
207
1,495
1956
217
1,396
1957
248
1,198
1958
264
1,109
1959
289
976
1960
282
1,045
1961
232
1,393
1962
253
1,240
1963
272
1,094
1964
247
1,272
1965
258
1,103
1966
263
1,023
1967
270
976
1968
264
1,022
1969
294
954
1970
300
951
1971
327
804
1972
338
670
1973
357
594
1974
340
639
1975
356
603
1976
373
553
1977
323
726
1978
266
870
1979
259
932
1980
249
1,035
1981
225
1,145
1982
190
1,436
1983
194
1,373
1984
192
1,434
1985
197
1,359
1986
208
1,260
1987
189
1,463
1988
182
1,535
1989
197
1,364
1990
221
1,297
1991
232
1,210
1992
241
1,146
1993
252
1,103
1994
268
1,047
1995
276
997
1996
311
906
1997
333
852
1998
370
759
1999
394
707
2000
359
830
2001
424
661
2002
459
621
2003
529
532
2004
619
435
Totals:
80,361
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Jacquelyn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Jacquelyn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 86 times during the last 125 years.