Jaclyn
Girl · JAK-lin · Hebrew
Jaclyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Jaclyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jacqueline, ultimately from Jacob
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
A phonetic spelling of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques.
- Say it
- JAK-lin
Is Jaclyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaclyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaclyn in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
Jaclyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 2 | #5,038 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Jaclyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Jaclyn, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,716th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 2,497 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jaclyn than any year since 1975.
Half of all the girls named Jaclyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Jaclyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #2,778 for this spelling alone.
Jaclyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,722 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | 118 | #1,716 |
| 2019 | 136 | #1,569 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 152 | #1,475 |
| 2016 | 150 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 158 | #1,454 |
| 2014 | 152 | #1,471 |
| 2013 | 145 | #1,514 |
| 2012 | 171 | #1,364 |
| 2011 | 192 | #1,244 |
| 2010 | 176 | #1,336 |
| 2009 | 203 | #1,228 |
| 2008 | 194 | #1,281 |
| 2007 | 286 | #947 |
| 2006 | 315 | #851 |
| 2005 | 393 | #700 |
| 2004 | 408 | #674 |
| 2003 | 466 | #589 |
| 2002 | 521 | #528 |
| 2001 | 579 | #481 |
| 2000 | 614 | #452 |
| 1999 | 646 | #429 |
| 1998 | 703 | #391 |
| 1997 | 771 | #357 |
| 1996 | 940 | #303 |
| 1995 | 1,090 | #256 |
| 1994 | 1,257 | #225 |
| 1993 | 1,497 | #197 |
| 1992 | 1,775 | #171 |
| 1991 | 1,827 | #161 |
| 1990 | 2,155 | #143 |
| 1989 | 2,218 | #138 |
| 1988 | 2,497 | #114 |
| 1987 | 2,404 | #116 |
| 1986 | 2,103 | #133 |
| 1985 | 2,385 | #122 |
| 1984 | 2,168 | #134 |
| 1983 | 2,387 | #126 |
| 1982 | 2,139 | #141 |
| 1981 | 1,808 | #158 |
| 1980 | 1,693 | #168 |
| 1979 | 2,303 | #124 |
| 1978 | 2,129 | #131 |
| 1977 | 1,939 | #148 |
| 1976 | 325 | #537 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,807 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 52 | #1,730 |
| 1970 | 76 | #1,369 |
| 1969 | 104 | #1,087 |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 65 | #1,366 |
| 1964 | 64 | #1,405 |
| 1963 | 71 | #1,305 |
| 1962 | 68 | #1,344 |
| 1961 | 70 | #1,326 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,724 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,511 |
| 1957 | 78 | #1,192 |
| 1956 | 79 | #1,168 |
| 1955 | 91 | #1,054 |
| 1954 | 79 | #1,107 |
| 1953 | 99 | #947 |
| 1952 | 78 | #1,066 |
| 1951 | 69 | #1,115 |
| 1950 | 86 | #977 |
| 1949 | 59 | #1,182 |
| 1948 | 58 | #1,184 |
| 1947 | 56 | #1,203 |
| 1946 | 48 | #1,238 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,231 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,363 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,624 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,741 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 23 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
Nicknames for Jaclyn
Names like Jaclyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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