Given name
Jaclyn
“the supplanter”
Jaclyn is a variant of Jacqueline. In French use, Jacqueline carries the interpretation “the supplanter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaclyn 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaclyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49,734
- 102 boys · 49,632 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 2,502 babies
- 2025
- 61
- #2,790 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 61 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,790 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,497 in 1988. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 43,408 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.
Jaclyn’s family of names
Jaclyn has a related form in Jacqueline. In English usage, Jaclyn has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jacqueline.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jaclyn has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaclyn
- Jaclyn SmithAmerican actressborn 1945
- Jaclyn Narracottskeleton racer from Australiaborn 1990
- Jaclyn LinetskyCanadian actress (1986–2003)
- Jaclyn JoseFilipino actress (1963–2024)
- Jaclyn VictorMalaysian singer and actressborn 1978
- Jaclyn SwedbergAmerican model and actressborn 1990
- Jaclyn MoriartyAustralian writerborn 1968
- Jaclyn BarclayAustralian swimmerborn 2006
- Jax SmithCanadian actressborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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