Jacquelyn
Girl · JAK-a-lin · Hebrew
Jacquelyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Jacquelyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jacqueline, ultimately from Jacob
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
Jacqueline Kennedy, First Lady from 1961 to 1963, was a famous bearer of the French spelling.
- Say it
- JAK-a-lin
Is Jacquelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacquelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacquelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Jacquelyn, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,704th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 1,906 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jacquelyn than any year since 1919.
Half of all the girls named Jacquelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were given Jacquelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,273, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
- Jacquelyn 80
- Jackeline 30
- Jacquelynn 14
- Jaquelin 12
- Jacquelin 8
- Jackelyn 6
Jacquelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,265 |
| 2023 | 92 | #2,090 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,816 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,704 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,655 |
| 2018 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2017 | 165 | #1,392 |
| 2016 | 156 | #1,472 |
| 2015 | 208 | #1,199 |
| 2014 | 248 | #1,050 |
| 2013 | 206 | #1,165 |
| 2012 | 246 | #1,031 |
| 2011 | 244 | #1,022 |
| 2010 | 308 | #865 |
| 2009 | 301 | #904 |
| 2008 | 361 | #799 |
| 2007 | 437 | #672 |
| 2006 | 429 | #670 |
| 2005 | 425 | #652 |
| 2004 | 443 | #618 |
| 2003 | 533 | #531 |
| 2002 | 621 | #459 |
| 2001 | 661 | #425 |
| 2000 | 831 | #359 |
| 1999 | 709 | #393 |
| 1998 | 759 | #372 |
| 1997 | 853 | #335 |
| 1996 | 907 | #311 |
| 1995 | 998 | #277 |
| 1994 | 1,045 | #269 |
| 1993 | 1,102 | #252 |
| 1992 | 1,145 | #243 |
| 1991 | 1,212 | #232 |
| 1990 | 1,298 | #221 |
| 1989 | 1,365 | #197 |
| 1988 | 1,532 | #182 |
| 1987 | 1,467 | #188 |
| 1986 | 1,261 | #207 |
| 1985 | 1,360 | #197 |
| 1984 | 1,432 | #192 |
| 1983 | 1,377 | #193 |
| 1982 | 1,436 | #192 |
| 1981 | 1,148 | #225 |
| 1980 | 1,036 | #249 |
| 1979 | 932 | #260 |
| 1978 | 867 | #266 |
| 1977 | 727 | #323 |
| 1976 | 554 | #373 |
| 1975 | 601 | #357 |
| 1974 | 641 | #340 |
| 1973 | 593 | #357 |
| 1972 | 667 | #338 |
| 1971 | 804 | #328 |
| 1970 | 951 | #300 |
| 1969 | 955 | #293 |
| 1968 | 1,021 | #263 |
| 1967 | 975 | #270 |
| 1966 | 1,022 | #263 |
| 1965 | 1,103 | #258 |
| 1964 | 1,274 | #247 |
| 1963 | 1,098 | #272 |
| 1962 | 1,237 | #253 |
| 1961 | 1,394 | #232 |
| 1960 | 1,045 | #282 |
| 1959 | 976 | #289 |
| 1958 | 1,109 | #264 |
| 1957 | 1,195 | #248 |
| 1956 | 1,396 | #217 |
| 1955 | 1,500 | #207 |
| 1954 | 1,605 | #196 |
| 1953 | 1,737 | #183 |
| 1952 | 1,673 | #182 |
| 1951 | 1,906 | #163 |
| 1950 | 1,724 | #167 |
| 1949 | 1,440 | #190 |
| 1948 | 1,421 | #193 |
| 1947 | 1,390 | #192 |
| 1946 | 1,208 | #199 |
| 1945 | 949 | #205 |
| 1944 | 972 | #205 |
| 1943 | 943 | #213 |
| 1942 | 884 | #221 |
| 1941 | 782 | #222 |
| 1940 | 692 | #241 |
| 1939 | 725 | #230 |
| 1938 | 741 | #226 |
| 1937 | 711 | #228 |
| 1936 | 694 | #236 |
| 1935 | 679 | #241 |
| 1934 | 662 | #241 |
| 1933 | 628 | #241 |
| 1932 | 660 | #237 |
| 1931 | 645 | #236 |
| 1930 | 666 | #240 |
| 1929 | 545 | #274 |
| 1928 | 468 | #306 |
| 1927 | 487 | #305 |
| 1926 | 374 | #346 |
| 1925 | 305 | #392 |
| 1924 | 281 | #414 |
| 1923 | 233 | #446 |
| 1922 | 163 | #559 |
| 1921 | 92 | #761 |
| 1920 | 82 | #797 |
| 1919 | 65 | #870 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,126 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,258 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
Nicknames for Jacquelyn
Names like Jacquelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jacquelyn
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