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
Census
Jacklin in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,270 people with the first name Jacklin, which placed it at #10,477 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#10,477
National first-name rank
People counted
1.3K
1,270 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
55.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jacklin
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jacklin is White at 55.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (20.9%) and Black (15.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jacklin described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jacklin at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White55.0% · 698
- Hispanic or Latino20.9% · 266
- Black or African American15.4% · 195
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.2% · 53
- Two or more races3.9% · 49
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 9
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.
How common was Jacklin in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,270 people with the name Jacklin, or 0.42 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #10,477 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jacklin in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jacklin?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jacklin leans strongly female. 1,239 people counted with this name were female (97.4%), compared with 33 male bearers (2.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jacklin?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jacklin is White at 55.0%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (20.9%) and Black (15.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jacklin most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jacklin in the 2020 Census, accounting for 55.0% (698 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jacklin in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Jacklin still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jacklin in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jacklin can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many people are named Jacklin?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.