Given name
Jacalyn
“the supplanter”
Jacalyn is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jacalyn is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jacalyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,185
- 0 boys · 5,185 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 482 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 482 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,455 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jacalyn’s family of names
Jacalyn has a related form in Jacqueline.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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