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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jacalyn

Jacalyn was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 395th with 482 babies. More babies were named Jacalyn in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1954482 babies
Total since 1880
5,185babies recorded

Jacalyn popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#8,91713
2000#3,09045
1990#3,24534
1980#2,40340
1970#1,91545
1960#1,31870
1950#608189
1940#4,6505
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Jacalyn, counting every spelling?

Jacalyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 0 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 0 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Jacalyn?

About 4,300 people born in the US named Jacalyn are alive today, with a median age of 68; half are between 46 and 73. That makes Jacalyn a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jacalyn by state

How common Jacalyn was among girls born in each state in 1952–1956, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Dakota (5.3×), North Dakota (4.9×), Wisconsin (3.5×), Michigan (2.5×), Minnesota (2.4×). In 23 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.66 per 1,000 babiesWI0.66Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesWA0.20Idaho: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesID0.28Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: 0.92 per 1,000 babiesND0.92Minnesota: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesMN0.44Illinois: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesIL0.19Michigan: 0.48 per 1,000 babiesMI0.48New York: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesNY0.23Massachusetts: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesMA0.18Oregon: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOR0.06Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.99 per 1,000 babiesSD0.99Iowa: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesIA0.38Indiana: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesIN0.15Ohio: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesOH0.26Pennsylvania: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesPA0.23New Jersey: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.26Connecticut: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCT0.07Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesUT0.16Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesNE0.15Missouri: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMO0.20Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWV0.06Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMD0.14Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesKS0.20Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesGA0.04Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jacalyn, girls, 1952–1956. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Jacalyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jacalyn, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jacalyn

How popular is the name Jacalyn?

Jacalyn was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 395th with 482 babies. More babies were named Jacalyn in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Jacalyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jacalyn in the US.

Where was Jacalyn most popular?

In 1952–1956, Jacalyn was most common in South Dakota (0.99 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin.