Jackelin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jak-eh-LEEN
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jackelin is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Jackelin mean?
Hebrew: Spanish-style spelling of Jacqueline
“supplanter”
Spanish-style spelling of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques, itself from Jacob.
Is Jackelin a girl's or a boy's name?
Jackelin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jackelin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jackelin, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Jackelin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jackelin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 36 | #4,101 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 87 | #2,253 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,616 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 52 | #3,048 |
| 2004 | 62 | #2,648 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 52 | #2,672 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Nicknames for Jackelin
Names like Jackelin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn Jordan Madison Abigail Addison Madilyn Jazlyn Arielle Mariah Hannah Samantha Eden
Names related to Jackelin
Jacqueline Jacquelyn Jaclyn Jacklyn Jackeline Jacelyn Jacklynn Jacelynn
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Jackelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jackelin, updated 20 October 2026.