Jacklyn

Where Jacklyn comes from

Jacklyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #3,187 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1928
    Jacklyn Harold Lucas born
    United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
  3. 1953
    Jacklyn Zeman born
    American actress
  4. 1987
    Peak, #454
    488 babies named Jacklyn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,113.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Jacklyn Zeman · American actress, 1953–2023
  • Jacklyn Harold Lucas · United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient, 1928–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.