Jacelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAYS-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Jacelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Jacelyn mean?
Germanic: variant of Jocelyn
Jocelyn came to England as a Norman boys' name and was revived as a girls' name in the 20th century.
Is Jacelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Jacelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Jacelyn, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949. 5 boys were also named Jacelyn in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Jacelyn than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Jacelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,800 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,269 |
| 2015 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,728 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,666 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 107 | #1,874 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 91 | #2,184 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,865 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 88 | #2,065 |
| 2003 | 77 | #2,226 |
| 2002 | 68 | #2,349 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 67 | #2,219 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,553 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,930 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
Names like Jacelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jocelyn, Jordyn, Jazlyn, Brooklyn, Jordan, Giselle, Joselyn, Jasmine, Peyton, Autumn, Aubrey, Joslyn
Names related to Jacelyn
Jacquelyn, Jocelynn, Jaclyn, Jacklyn, Jackeline, Jacklynn, Jacelynn
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jacelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jacelyn, updated 20 October 2026.