Jaquelyn
Jaquelyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaquelyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaquelyn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jaquelyn
American parents first put Jaquelyn on the record books as a baby girl name in 1944, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 127 Jaquelyns were born — ranking #1,446 that year. About 37% of every Jaquelyn on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaquelyn ranks #7,124 for baby girls with 15 births, holding steady (+1%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jaquelyn
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About the name Jaquelyn
Jaquelyn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Jaquelyn's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #1,446. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaquelyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.