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Jackalyn

Girl · JAK-a-lin · Hebrew

Jackalyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jackalyn mean?

Hebrew: variant of Jaclyn, from Jacqueline

“supplanter”

Variant of Jaclyn, a form of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques, itself from Jacob.

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JAK-a-lin

Is Jackalyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Jackalyn is a girls' name.

How popular is Jackalyn in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.

Half of all the girls named Jackalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1942Busiest: 22 in 20062014
Jackalyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20147#13,063
20130–
20120–
20118#12,146
20106#14,953
20098#12,423
200815#8,105
200713#9,003
200622#5,904
200518#6,523
200417#6,763
200312#8,500
200211#8,831
200111#8,751
200014#7,152
199914#6,830
199815#6,355
199721#4,815
199611#7,569
199510#8,074
19949#8,798
199314#6,257
19929#8,726
19917#10,263
199016#5,544
198911#6,949
198814#5,593
198710#6,783
19867#8,518
198510#6,455
198411#5,898
198316#4,475
198211#5,909
19818#7,407
19806#9,093
19797#8,059
197810#5,957
19777#7,565
19767#7,294
19756#7,982
19740–
19735#8,421
19720–
19717#6,617
19708#5,817
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19637#5,295
19620–
19618#4,881
19605#6,389
19595#6,244
19587#4,889
19570–
195613#3,320
19556#5,207
195412#3,324
19530–
19527#4,482
195110#3,481
19508#3,960
19490–
19488#3,881
194712#3,060
19467#3,993
19450–
19445#4,572
19437#3,800
194210#2,984

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