Fun Facts About the Name Jacklynn
- More than 2 thousand babies named Jacklynn: U.S. records list 2,369 babies given the name Jacklynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jacklynn Mean?
Jacklynn is a modern feminine name, used mainly in the United States, formed by joining the short form Jack with the ending -lynn. Jack is an English familiar form of John, which comes from Hebrew Yochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious." The ending -lynn echoes the given name Lynn, which comes from Welsh llyn, "lake." Read as a blend of its parts, the name carries the combined sense "God is gracious" and "lake." Some users may instead intend Jacklynn as a spelling of Jacqueline, the French feminine form of Jacques (from Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakobos, Hebrew Ya'aqov), usually explained as "supplanter" or "heel-holder." These two derivations are unrelated, so the name's meaning depends on which formation is intended.
Jacklynn Name History & Origins
Jacklynn belongs to a modern American pattern of building girls' names by adding -lynn to a short base, as in Kaylynn, Jaylynn, and Gracelynn. The base Jack has been a familiar English form of John since the Middle Ages, when it developed from the diminutive Jankin; Jan was a Middle English form of John. Lynn became a common given name in the 20th century, taken from the surname that came from place names such as King's Lynn in Norfolk, whose first element goes back to a Celtic word for "lake." Jacklynn puts these familiar elements together rather than descending from an older name. It is also sometimes written as a phonetic respelling of Jacqueline, but that French name reached English through Jacques and Jacob and has a separate history.
How Popular is the Name Jacklynn?
Jacklynn 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 2010. Its best rank was #2,063 in 1947.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,398 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2024 | #5,853 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #4,794 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #4,068 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 2021 | #3,963 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #4,485 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #4,703 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2018 | #4,272 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2017 | #3,072 | 53 | 0.0031% |
| 2016 | #3,809 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2015 | #3,449 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2014 | #4,137 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #3,234 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2012 | #3,553 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2011 | #3,069 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2010 | #2,764 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2009 | #3,532 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 2008 | #3,005 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2007 | #3,144 | 55 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #3,638 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2005 | #3,540 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2004 | #2,762 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2003 | #3,059 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2002 | #3,484 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 2001 | #2,823 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #3,420 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1999 | #2,953 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1998 | #2,743 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1997 | #2,949 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #2,604 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 1995 | #3,116 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #2,557 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 1993 | #3,623 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1992 | #2,653 | 46 | 0.0025% |
| 1991 | #2,429 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 1990 | #2,536 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1989 | #2,153 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 1988 | #2,343 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1987 | #2,452 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1986 | #2,871 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1985 | #3,652 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #2,872 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1983 | #2,934 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 1982 | #4,226 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #3,659 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1980 | #3,650 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1979 | #4,925 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #3,549 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #3,807 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #6,237 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #7,444 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #6,463 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #6,294 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #6,226 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #8,468 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #6,192 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #5,857 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #5,677 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #6,074 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #4,991 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #3,957 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #5,536 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,879 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1961 | #3,378 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1960 | #3,423 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #4,431 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #4,301 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #2,121 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1955 | #3,145 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1954 | #2,819 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1953 | #3,353 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1952 | #2,447 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1951 | #2,146 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1950 | #2,287 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1949 | #2,367 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1948 | #2,445 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1947 | #2,063 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1946 | #2,423 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1945 | #2,815 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1944 | #3,026 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1943 | #2,933 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1942 | #4,929 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #3,982 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #4,055 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #3,280 | 8 | 0.0008% |
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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