Jaquelyn
Girl · JAK-uh-lin · Hebrew
Jaquelyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “held by the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Jaquelyn mean?
Hebrew: variant of Jacqueline, the French feminine of Jacques
“held by the heel”
Variant of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques, which comes from Jacob.
- Say it
- JAK-uh-lin
Is Jaquelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaquelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaquelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jaquelyn, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
2025 had fewer girls named Jaquelyn than any year since 1975.
Half of all the girls named Jaquelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were given Jaquelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,126, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
- Jaqueline 66
- Jaquelyn 5
Jaquelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,804 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,237 |
| 2009 | 98 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,838 |
| 2006 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 94 | #1,971 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 84 | #2,009 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,445 |
| 1999 | 94 | #1,717 |
| 1998 | 68 | #2,121 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,934 |
| 1994 | 69 | #2,021 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 66 | #2,054 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,285 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 62 | #1,948 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Nicknames for Jaquelyn
Names like Jaquelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jordyn Jordan Abigail Samantha Madison Jocelyn Jazlyn Jessica Joselyn Arielle Addison Madelyn
Other spellings of Jaquelyn
Names related to Jaquelyn
Jacqueline Jacquelyn Jacelyn Jacelynn Jaquelin Jacquelin Jackelyn
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