Jackline
A jackline is a rope, wire or webbing strung from a ship's bow to stern to which a safety harness can be tethered, allowing a crewmember to move about the deck safely when there is risk of falling or being swept overboard. At sea, falling overboard is one of the leading causes of death in boating; fastening oneself to the ship with a safety harness tethered to a jackline reduces this risk.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jackline
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A jackline is a rope, wire or webbing strung from a ship's bow to stern to which a safety harness can be tethered, allowing a crewmember to move about the deck safely when there is risk of falling or being swept overboard. At sea, falling overboard is one of the leading causes of death in boating; fastening oneself to the ship with a safety harness tethered to a jackline reduces this risk.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jackline
Jackline first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1937, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 12 births, good for #3,783 nationwide. About 20% of every Jackline on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Jackline last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 342 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jackline
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About the name Jackline
Jackline is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1937 and has accumulated 342 births in the dataset. Jackline's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #3,783. Use the chart and map above to compare Jackline's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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