Given name

Jackeline

Jackeline is a given name from French. It is used in Spanish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jackeline comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Jacqueline.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jackeline through the years

Babies since 1880
6,534
0 boys · 6,534 girls
Most popular year
2000
319 babies
2025
30
#4,598 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−44%
Cooling
05010015020019401960198020002025Highest share 200019
Jackeline in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1938–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inCalifornia
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: California (5).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 30 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,598 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 319 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,154 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.

Jackeline’s family of names

Jackeline may belong to the same name family as JACKELINNE. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Jackeline’s family in the name graph

JackelineJackelyneJackelinneJackellineJackelin

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

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Persian

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70CommonEasing

>99% girls

Latin · Timeless

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76CommonEasing

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French

Stefany

“crowned in victory”

33RareEasing

>99% girls

French

Jolie

“a pretty young woman”

49UncommonEasing

>99% girls

French · Modern

Nikole

“of the victorious people”

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Alyea

Alyea is a surname, possibly from French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Spanish · Nature

Jade

“resembling the green gemstone”

77CommonSteady

2% boys · 98% girls

French · Nature

Manon

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

16Very rareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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