Jacalyn
Pronounced Y AA1 K AA1 L IH1 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1954
- 87 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Jacalyn?
Jacalyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1937. It has been given to 5,369 children — the 2,014th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 52 births across the past decade, against a peak of 487 in a single year. That peak was in 1954.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Jacalynn, Jakalyn and Jakalynn — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jacalyn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jacalynn
- Jakalyn
- Jakalynn
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- Y AA1 K AA1 L IH1 N · Y AA1 K AH1 L IH1 N · Y AA1 S IY1 EY1 L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 111 · 111 · 1111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jacalyn
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jacalyn
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jacalyn?
- Jacalyn ranks 2,014th among girls' names in US records, with 5,369 births since 1937. Over the past decade it accounts for 52.
- Is Jacalyn a unisex name?
- No. Jacalyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jacalyn most popular?
- 1954, when 487 children were given the name. It has been in use for 87 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jacalyn spelled?
- Jacalynn, Jakalyn, Jakalynn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.