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Jacquelyn

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
3
Peak era
1930s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

variant of Jacqueline, supplanter

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Jacquelyn across languages

One shared root links 18 names across 5 languages.

Shared root: from Hebrew Ya'aqov, traditionally "holder of the heel, supplanter"; Late Latin split it into Jacobus and Iacomus, giving Europe both Jacob and James

The constellation

JacquelynEnglish · variantJacobEnglishJakobScandinavianJacoboSpanishJacquesFrenchJamesEnglishJaimeSpanish
11 more branches of this family
JakeEnglish · short formJimEnglish · short formJimmieEnglish · diminutiveJamieScottish · diminutiveJaymeEnglish · variantJamesonEnglish · surname formJamisonEnglish · surname formJacquelineFrench · feminine formJaclynEnglish · variantJacklynEnglish · variantJaquelineEnglish · variant

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How popular is Jacquelyn around the world?

In the United States, 591 babies were named Jacquelyn between 2020 and 2025.

Jacquelyn is on the official records of the United States and Spain.

United States

1 in 37,000

In the United States, 591 babies were named Jacquelyn between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jacquelyn peaked in the 1930s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Spain

1 in 1.5M

In Spain, 30 residents are named Jacquelyn, ranked 21,983rd among women, with a mean age of 44.6 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Canada

last on record 2019

Jacquelyn is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19912024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Chile

last on record 1999

Jacquelyn is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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England and Wales

last on record 2002

Jacquelyn is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Mexico City City

last on record 2016

Jacquelyn is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.

2000peak 20062022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 1998

Jacquelyn is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 1968

Jacquelyn is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19682025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Scotland

last on record 1994

Jacquelyn is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

peak 19742024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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South Australia

last on record 2014

Jacquelyn is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.

1944peak 19662017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Jacquelyn

People given the name Jacquelyn in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1950 to 1999. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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