Jacklin
Feminine diminutive form of the masculine name "Jack", meaning "supplanter" or "one who follows".
Name Census estimates that about 729 living Americans carry the first name Jacklin. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jacklin today is around 45 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jacklin births was 1988 (25 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jacklin. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
729
~ 1 in 470,171 Americans
Peak year
1988
25 babies that year
Average age
45
years old
2013 SSA rank
#12,452
Tracked since 1924
Popularity
Jacklin: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jacklin from the 1920s through to the 2010s, spanning 10 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 145 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jacklin by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jacklin during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jacklins live
Origin
Meaning and history of Jacklin
The name Jacklin is a feminine form of the masculine name Jack, which itself is a diminutive of the name John. The name John is derived from the Hebrew name Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious" or "God is gracious." The name Yohanan is found in several books of the Bible, including the Gospel of John, which was authored by John the Apostle.
Jacklin emerged as a variant of the name during the Middle Ages in England. It was particularly popular among the Anglo-Normans, who had a fondness for diminutive forms of names. The earliest recorded instance of the name Jacklin dates back to the 13th century, when it appeared in the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire from 1273.
One of the earliest notable bearers of the name Jacklin was Jacklin of Beverley, an English anchoress and religious writer who lived in the 12th century. She is known for her work "The Life of St. Audrey," which chronicled the life of the 7th-century saint and princess Audrey (Etheldreda).
Another historical figure with the name Jacklin was Jacklin de Lisle, a 13th-century English noblewoman who married Sir John de Lisle, a prominent knight and landowner in Oxfordshire. Their descendants continued to use the name Jacklin in subsequent generations.
In the 16th century, Jacklin Marwood was a notable English landowner and benefactor from Somerset. She was responsible for the construction of almshouses in the town of Minehead, which provided housing and support for the poor.
During the 17th century, Jacklin Fell was a prominent Quaker woman who wrote several religious tracts and was active in the Quaker community in England. She was born in 1623 and lived until 1705.
In more recent times, Jacklin Peiser was a British author and journalist who wrote several novels and biographies in the early 20th century. She was born in 1890 and died in 1969.
While the name Jacklin has waxed and waned in popularity over the centuries, it has remained a distinct and recognizable name with a rich history rooted in the English tradition of diminutive names derived from biblical sources.
People
Jacklin + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jacklin as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jacklin: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jacklin?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 729 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jacklin going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 470,171 US residents.
Is Jacklin a common name?
We classify Jacklin as "Very Rare". It ranks above 87.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 890 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jacklin most popular?
The single biggest year for Jacklin was 1988, when 25 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jacklin is about 45 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Jacklin a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jacklin in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.