Jaclynn
Feminine · “supplanter”
Jacqueline is the only common English woman's name descended from Jacob, and it took two diminutives to get there. French made Jacques from Jacobus, then added -eline to make it feminine, and English took the whole thing and respelled it a dozen ways.
How old is the name Jaclynn?
Jaclynn first appears in US birth records in 1941 — 84 years ago. The typical Jaclynn alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 2,700 people named Jaclynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jaclynn most popular?
Jaclynn peaked in 1983, reaching #1447 nationally. Today it ranks #6838, 5,391 places below that high. See the whole 1983 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yaaqov to Jaclynn
The story of Jaclynn
Jacob is one of the most-used men's names in the Western tradition and produced almost no women's names, because the Hebrew Bible offers no obvious feminine and Latin did not build one. French did: Jacqueline appears from the thirteenth century, built with the diminutive ending that also gives Madeline and Aveline. It entered English use in the twentieth century and became enormously popular in America in the 1960s. The respellings followed, and they are numerous because the name has three variable positions: Jacquelyn, Jaclyn, Jacalyn, Jaquelin, Jaclynn. This one's best year is 1983.
Meaning
supplanter, heel-holder
Hebrew Yaaqov, traditionally connected to aqev, a heel, from the account of Jacob holding his twin's heel at birth. Latin Iacobus gave Iacomus in late Latin, which French took as Jacques; the feminine Jacqueline adds the French diminutive -eline. The -lynn ending of this spelling substitutes an American suffix for the French one.
How the name formed
- Yaaqov
- Iacobus
- Jacques
- Jacqueline
- Jaclynn
Related forms: Jacqueline · Jacquelyn · Jaqueline · Jaqueline
Pronouncing Jaclynn
JAK-lin
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The French Jacqueline is three, zhak-LEEN, with the weight at the end, and sounds quite different.
Nicknames for Jaclynn
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
- 1941
- Most girls named
- 198988 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1447reached in 1983
- Change vs 2023
- +33.3%16 in 2025, from 12
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.
Jaclynn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jacqueline in French — same name
- Jacquelyn in English — spelling variant
- Jaqueline in Spanish — same name
- Jaqueline in Portuguese — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Jaclynns among us
people named Jaclynn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 100,454 born in 2025 was named Jaclynn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jaclynn
- #6838
- Jaclynn on the 2025 chart
- #783
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jaclynn went to 16 girls in 2025, but Jacklyn, Jaclyn and Jacklynn are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 177, which makes it the 783rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 6,055 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 9,081 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 100,454 for Jaclynn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Roseline test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jaclynn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roseline climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roseline's path sketches the road Jaclynn is walking now.
Jaclynn 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
Jaclynn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jaclynn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Hebrew meaning through one of the great patriarchal names.
- Jackie is a completely established everyday form at any age.
- The two-syllable spelling matches how Americans actually say it.
- Jacqueline is the standard spelling and will be written for you.
- Jaclyn, Jacquelyn and Jaclynn all circulate and split the records.
- It reads as a name of the 1970s and 1980s in American ears.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jaclynns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Jaclynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jaclynn?
- Jaclynn is one of 4 recorded spellings. Jacklyn is the more common one — 68 births in 2025 against 16 for Jaclynn.
- How popular is the name Jaclynn in 2025?
- Jaclynn ranks #6838 among US girl names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jaclynn?
- About 1 in every 100,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Jaclynn — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jaclynn with classmates?
- Jaclynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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