Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jackalyn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jackalyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 586
- 0 boys · 586 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 22 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 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 567 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.
Jackalyn’s family of names
In English usage, Jackalyn has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jacqueline.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Jackalyn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Jaliyah
“a gift of God”
>99% girls