Jaclynn

Gender: Girl
Say it: JAK-lin
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #6,837 for girls

Jaclynn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).

What does Jaclynn mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jaclyn, itself a spelling of Jacqueline, ultimately from Jacob

“supplanter; holder of the heel”

A phonetic spelling of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques.

Meaning borrowed from Jaclyn.

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

Jaclynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jaclynn in the US?

Rank in 2025: 6,837th among girls
Babies in 2025: 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 50% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Jaclynn, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.

Half of all the girls named Jaclynn in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 177 girls in the US were given Jaclynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,145, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.

Jacklyn 68
Jaclyn 61
Jacklynn 32
Jaclynn 16

1941Busiest: 98 in 19902025

Jaclynn in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	16	#6,837
2024	12	#8,438
2023	12	#8,481
2022	22	#5,635
2021	23	#5,394
2020	25	#5,001
2019	25	#5,161
2018	30	#4,560
2017	27	#4,920
2016	33	#4,344
2015	38	#3,914
2014	33	#4,348
2013	33	#4,334
2012	42	#3,710
2011	35	#4,150
2010	30	#4,734
2009	34	#4,369
2008	39	#4,005
2007	34	#4,379
2006	49	#3,315
2005	46	#3,313
2004	30	#4,488
2003	45	#3,228
2002	46	#3,099
2001	48	#2,959
2000	51	#2,813
1999	47	#2,851
1998	41	#3,065
1997	48	#2,619
1996	61	#2,204
1995	54	#2,389
1994	52	#2,427
1993	69	#2,007
1992	86	#1,726
1991	77	#1,826
1990	98	#1,553
1989	88	#1,583
1988	88	#1,520
1987	86	#1,497
1986	62	#1,815
1985	79	#1,535
1984	75	#1,511
1983	80	#1,447
1982	82	#1,461
1981	61	#1,809
1980	58	#1,863
1979	58	#1,832
1978	67	#1,598
1977	55	#1,832
1976	13	#4,612
1975	5	#9,065
1974	5	#8,773
1973	15	#3,970
1972	8	#5,957
1971	10	#5,134
1970	10	#5,060
1969	10	#4,722
1968	10	#4,488
1967	10	#4,299
1966	12	#3,739
1965	12	#3,732
1964	6	#6,008
1963	8	#4,895
1962	15	#3,292
1961	12	#3,792
1960	7	#5,167
1959	13	#3,435
1958	13	#3,378
1957	10	#3,929
1956	24	#2,248
1955	24	#2,221
1954	18	#2,591
1953	18	#2,515
1952	17	#2,580
1951	17	#2,473
1950	13	#2,908
1949	8	#3,891
1948	13	#2,827
1947	14	#2,768
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	7	#3,685
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	5	#4,418

Nicknames for Jaclynn

Jackie

Names like Jaclynn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jordan, Jordyn, Jasmine, Eden, Danielle, Jocelyn, Mia, Autumn, Lauren, Morgan, Jamie, Abby

Other spellings of Jaclynn

Jacklyn, Jaclyn, Jacklynn

Names related to Jaclynn

Jacquelyn, Jocelynn, Jacelyn, Jacelynn, Jackelyn

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo

Every Hebrew name

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, “Jaclynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaclynn, updated 20 October 2026.