Jacklyn
Girl · JAK-lin · Hebrew
Jacklyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,564th for girls in the US (68 babies).
What does Jacklyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jacqueline, ultimately from Jacob
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
- Say it
- JAK-lin
Is Jacklyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacklyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 68 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacklyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,564among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 68about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 68 girls in the US were named Jacklyn, making it the 2,564th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 488 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Jacklyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Jacklyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #2,564 for this spelling alone.
Jacklyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,564 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,857 |
| 2023 | 80 | #2,288 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,154 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 95 | #2,060 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 117 | #1,760 |
| 2011 | 140 | #1,564 |
| 2010 | 155 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 172 | #1,379 |
| 2008 | 157 | #1,486 |
| 2007 | 220 | #1,162 |
| 2006 | 199 | #1,209 |
| 2005 | 209 | #1,125 |
| 2004 | 216 | #1,067 |
| 2003 | 234 | #983 |
| 2002 | 188 | #1,112 |
| 2001 | 269 | #850 |
| 2000 | 282 | #805 |
| 1999 | 300 | #747 |
| 1998 | 277 | #775 |
| 1997 | 303 | #708 |
| 1996 | 380 | #602 |
| 1995 | 350 | #624 |
| 1994 | 396 | #578 |
| 1993 | 435 | #544 |
| 1992 | 440 | #536 |
| 1991 | 485 | #491 |
| 1990 | 440 | #539 |
| 1989 | 479 | #492 |
| 1988 | 481 | #470 |
| 1987 | 488 | #454 |
| 1986 | 447 | #479 |
| 1985 | 392 | #514 |
| 1984 | 395 | #502 |
| 1983 | 424 | #471 |
| 1982 | 382 | #521 |
| 1981 | 338 | #550 |
| 1980 | 232 | #721 |
| 1979 | 223 | #735 |
| 1978 | 227 | #698 |
| 1977 | 139 | #983 |
| 1976 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,801 |
| 1973 | 41 | #1,979 |
| 1972 | 40 | #1,989 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,562 |
| 1969 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1968 | 69 | #1,334 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 93 | #1,087 |
| 1965 | 92 | #1,089 |
| 1964 | 122 | #950 |
| 1963 | 78 | #1,241 |
| 1962 | 101 | #1,074 |
| 1961 | 166 | #815 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,035 |
| 1958 | 127 | #910 |
| 1957 | 142 | #850 |
| 1956 | 164 | #760 |
| 1955 | 157 | #759 |
| 1954 | 174 | #703 |
| 1953 | 191 | #645 |
| 1952 | 170 | #686 |
| 1951 | 173 | #663 |
| 1950 | 159 | #669 |
| 1949 | 150 | #682 |
| 1948 | 145 | #688 |
| 1947 | 158 | #671 |
| 1946 | 145 | #658 |
| 1945 | 117 | #690 |
| 1944 | 117 | #690 |
| 1943 | 104 | #758 |
| 1942 | 110 | #709 |
| 1941 | 65 | #911 |
| 1940 | 82 | #780 |
| 1939 | 62 | #891 |
| 1938 | 77 | #803 |
| 1937 | 104 | #666 |
| 1936 | 93 | #693 |
| 1935 | 54 | #946 |
| 1934 | 71 | #794 |
| 1933 | 56 | #904 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 49 | #995 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,101 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,243 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 33 | #1,403 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Nicknames for Jacklyn
Names like Jacklyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jacklyn
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