Jackelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAK-e-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Jackelyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Jackelyn mean?
Hebrew: phonetic spelling of Jacqueline, feminine of Jacques (Jacob)
“holder of the heel”
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963.
Is Jackelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jackelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jackelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Jackelyn, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 193 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had fewer girls named Jackelyn than any year since 1972.
Half of all the girls named Jackelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were given Jackelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,273, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
- Jacquelyn 80
- Jackeline 30
- Jacquelynn 14
- Jaquelin 12
- Jacquelin 8
- Jackelyn 6
Jackelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,391 |
| 2013 | 83 | #2,236 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,722 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 160 | #1,450 |
| 2008 | 153 | #1,521 |
| 2007 | 151 | #1,526 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,522 |
| 2005 | 127 | #1,598 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,085 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,485 |
| 2002 | 122 | #1,547 |
| 2001 | 145 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | 193 | #1,071 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,644 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,757 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,994 |
| 1993 | 66 | #2,063 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,973 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 58 | #2,028 |
| 1987 | 67 | #1,761 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 68 | #1,672 |
| 1981 | 52 | #2,009 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
Nicknames for Jackelyn
Names like Jackelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn, Jordan, Abigail, Madilyn, Samantha, Madison, Jocelyn, Brooklyn, Madelyn, Eden, Arielle, Jessica
Other spellings of Jackelyn
Names related to Jackelyn
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, “Jackelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jackelyn, updated 20 October 2026.