Fun Facts About the Name Jacklin
- 890 babies named Jacklin: U.S. records list 890 babies given the name Jacklin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jacklin Mean?
Jacklin is a spelling variant of Jacklyn, the English form of French Jacqueline, a feminine diminutive of Jacques (the French form of James). That line runs back through Late Latin Iacobus and Greek Iakōbos to Hebrew Ya'aqov, the name of the biblical Jacob. The Hebrew name is tied to aqev, "heel," and to the verb la'aqov, "to supplant" - a reference to Jacob, who grasped his twin brother's heel at birth. The customary English meaning is "supplanter." The gloss "may God protect," sometimes offered for Jacob and James, is a later interpretation rather than the literal sense of the Hebrew. The ending -lin is a diminutive suffix also found in Jacqueline and Emmeline.
Because the spelling opens with Jack-, the name is sometimes taken instead as a feminine form of Jack, a medieval English pet form of John. Under that reading the meaning would be "God is gracious," the meaning of John. Reference works usually treat Jacklin, Jacklyn, and Jaclyn as variants of Jacqueline rather than as forms of Jack.
Jacklin Name History & Origins
Jacqueline is built in French from Jacques plus the feminine suffix -ine. Jacques descends from Latin Iacobus, which came from Greek Iakōbos, itself from Hebrew Ya'aqov. The name traveled with the medieval veneration of Saint James - Santiago in Spanish, Saint-Jacques in French - and Jacqueline is a long-established French feminine given name.
English use of Jacqueline is later than the French, and its spelling was reworked in several ways in English. Jacklyn, Jaclyn, and Jacklin substitute the English-style ending -lin for the French -line. These respellings belong to the same name, and Jacklin is the least common of them.
Jacklin is also an English family name, formed from the personal name Jack with the diminutive ending -lin, alongside related surnames such as Jackling. Jack itself began as a Middle English pet form of John. Some people given the name Jacklin may therefore carry a surname-derived name with a different origin from the Jacqueline line, which makes the spelling's background for any single bearer uncertain.
How Popular is the Name Jacklin?
Jacklin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1988. Its best rank was #2,345 in 1956.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | #12,452 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #13,912 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #10,039 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #9,612 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #8,282 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #6,926 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #10,906 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #9,715 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #7,562 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2003 | #12,950 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #8,494 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #5,908 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #6,304 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #5,515 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #8,848 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #8,591 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #8,401 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #6,075 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #6,831 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #4,720 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #6,431 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #5,257 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #5,939 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #9,042 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #3,743 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1987 | #3,902 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1986 | #6,322 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1985 | #7,175 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,049 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #3,860 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1982 | #6,531 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #7,002 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #7,656 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #3,955 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1978 | #10,341 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #10,193 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #6,842 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #8,365 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #9,262 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #6,924 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,898 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #5,704 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #4,335 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #5,635 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #5,311 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #7,169 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #3,634 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1965 | #5,486 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,161 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1963 | #5,035 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #5,031 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1961 | #6,958 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #4,011 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #4,136 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #4,047 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #3,786 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1956 | #2,345 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1955 | #3,896 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #2,938 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #2,633 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1952 | #3,651 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #3,178 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #2,825 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #2,555 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1948 | #3,448 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1947 | #3,845 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1946 | #3,110 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1945 | #2,814 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1944 | #3,860 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #3,624 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #4,928 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,378 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1940 | #4,069 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,271 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #3,031 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #3,592 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #4,904 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1927 | #4,534 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #5,439 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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