Jackeline
Feminine · “heel-holder”
Jackeline is a Spanish spelling of Jacqueline, and the French name is a double diminutive of Jacques — which is James, which is Jacob.
How old is the name Jackeline?
Jackeline first appears in US birth records in 1938 — 87 years ago. The typical Jackeline alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 6,400 people named Jackeline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jackeline most popular?
Jackeline peaked in 2000, reaching #729 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 3,817 places below that high. See the whole 2000 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jackeline
Ours, offered as ours. Latin Iacobus split in two on its way into the modern languages: one line kept the b and gave Jacob, Jacques and Jakob, while another softened it through Late Latin Iacomus and gave James, Giacomo, Diego and Jaime. So James and Jacob are the same name and English uses both without noticing. Jacqueline belongs to the first branch, feminised and made small twice over.
Meaning
heel-holder, supplanter
From Hebrew Yaakov, explained in Genesis as one who grasps the heel; Latin Iacobus gave French Jacques, which took the diminutive -elin and then a feminine ending. James and Jacob are the same name arriving by different routes.
Pronouncing Jackeline
JAK-uh-leen
Three syllables, first stressed. Spanish gives ha-ke-LEE-neh.
Nicknames for Jackeline
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1938
- Most girls named
- 2003261 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #729reached in 2000
- Change vs 2024
- −11.8%30 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jackeline in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jacqueline in French — spelling variant
- Jaqueline in Spanish — spelling variant
- Jacquelyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Jackelines among us
people named Jackeline are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Jackeline
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Candis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jackeline's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Candis climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Candis's path sketches the road Jackeline is walking now.
Jackeline sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jackeline is headed
Jackeline is easing off slowly — about 23% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jackeline beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jackeline in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that the biblical text explains in the moment it is given.
- Jackie is an established short form with a very long record.
- One of the largest name families in Europe stands behind it.
- Jacqueline is the standard spelling and will be offered as a correction.
- Nine letters and three syllables is a lot for early handwriting.
- The English and Spanish pronunciations differ substantially.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jackelines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,400 people named Jackeline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jackeline in 2025?
- Jackeline ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jackeline?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Jackeline — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jackeline with classmates?
- Jackeline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jackeline
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