Jayce
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #167 for boys in 2025, 2,199 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2015 · 3,127 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 45,423since 1956
Jayce over time
Rank among boys' names. Jayce has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | #167 | 2,199 |
| 2024 | #6,932 | 16 | #168 | 2,184 |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | #166 | 2,179 |
| 2022 | #4,295 | 33 | #154 | 2,429 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | #158 | 2,421 |
| 2020 | #3,778 | 38 | #150 | 2,467 |
| 2019 | #3,002 | 54 | #148 | 2,634 |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | #147 | 2,659 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 | #139 | 2,917 |
| 2016 | #2,168 | 89 | #138 | 2,972 |
| 2015 | #2,736 | 64 | #132 | 3,127 |
| 2014 | #2,560 | 69 | #150 | 2,718 |
| 2013 | #2,279 | 81 | #147 | 2,673 |
| 2012 | #2,568 | 70 | #200 | 1,919 |
| 2011 | #2,945 | 58 | #223 | 1,604 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #298 | 1,097 |
| 2009 | #3,161 | 53 | #355 | 873 |
| 2008 | #2,855 | 62 | #383 | 800 |
| 2007 | #3,096 | 56 | #409 | 712 |
| 2006 | #2,887 | 60 | #428 | 657 |
| 2005 | #2,969 | 54 | #456 | 560 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 | #521 | 460 |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 | #536 | 432 |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | #541 | 409 |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 | #617 | 308 |
| 2000 | #3,404 | 39 | #604 | 321 |
| 1999 | #2,854 | 47 | #763 | 209 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | #878 | 165 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 | #981 | 132 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 | #926 | 141 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #1,137 | 101 |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | #1,254 | 86 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #1,379 | 70 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | #1,197 | 87 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #1,368 | 68 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #1,662 | 49 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #1,492 | 55 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,618 | 44 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #1,030 | 85 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #694 | 171 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #2,364 | 21 |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,003 | 7 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #3,318 | 10 |
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| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #4,724 | 5 |
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| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
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| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
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| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,263 | 13 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jayce! It came in at #2,263, and was given to 13 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jayce is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#75 · 1 in 263
- West Virginia#77 · 1 in 252
- Vermont#78 · 1 in 207
- Georgia#84 · 1 in 361
- Michigan#85 · 1 in 329
Best ever in a state: #45 in Mississippi, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #75 | 51 | 1 in 263 |
| West Virginia | #77 | 31 | 1 in 252 |
| Vermont | #78 | 8 | 1 in 207 |
| Georgia | #84 | 149 | 1 in 361 |
| Michigan | #85 | 145 | 1 in 329 |
| District of Columbia | #87 | 16 | 1 in 280 |
| South Carolina | #89 | 63 | 1 in 337 |
| Alabama | #90 | 60 | 1 in 385 |
| Louisiana | #95 | 65 | 1 in 378 |
| Pennsylvania | #99 | 149 | 1 in 398 |
| Delaware | #104 | 11 | 1 in 323 |
| Florida | #105 | 218 | 1 in 449 |
| South Dakota | #108 | 12 | 1 in 341 |
| Ohio | #114 | 134 | 1 in 443 |
| Connecticut | #116 | 33 | 1 in 427 |
| Hawaii | #118 | 12 | 1 in 382 |
| New York | #118 | 189 | 1 in 529 |
| Tennessee | #120 | 71 | 1 in 510 |
| Virginia | #122 | 83 | 1 in 501 |
| Arkansas | #123 | 31 | 1 in 464 |
| New Hampshire | #125 | 11 | 1 in 421 |
| Maine | #130 | 11 | 1 in 413 |
| North Carolina | #133 | 97 | 1 in 536 |
| Indiana | #136 | 68 | 1 in 523 |
| Maryland | #136 | 52 | 1 in 530 |
| Iowa | #142 | 32 | 1 in 476 |
| Alaska | #144 | 8 | 1 in 411 |
| Kentucky | #145 | 38 | 1 in 574 |
| Missouri | #145 | 57 | 1 in 555 |
| Rhode Island | #145 | 8 | 1 in 489 |
| New Mexico | #151 | 16 | 1 in 524 |
| Massachusetts | #154 | 47 | 1 in 626 |
| Texas | #155 | 273 | 1 in 678 |
| Montana | #156 | 8 | 1 in 492 |
| New Jersey | #157 | 62 | 1 in 670 |
| Illinois | #162 | 98 | 1 in 655 |
| Oregon | #164 | 30 | 1 in 612 |
| Nevada | #169 | 22 | 1 in 611 |
| North Dakota | #170 | 8 | 1 in 515 |
| Washington | #170 | 55 | 1 in 673 |
| Minnesota | #188 | 36 | 1 in 778 |
| Idaho | #196 | 12 | 1 in 671 |
| Arizona | #197 | 47 | 1 in 767 |
| Oklahoma | #198 | 29 | 1 in 699 |
| Wisconsin | #203 | 34 | 1 in 792 |
| California | #231 | 211 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Colorado | #236 | 30 | 1 in 919 |
| Kansas | #299 | 13 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Utah | #304 | 17 | 1 in 1,234 |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jayce
- 1 spot since 2024 (#168 → #167)
- 17 spots since 2020 (#150 → #167)
- 35 spots since 2015 (#132 → #167)
- Biggest jump: 920 spots in 1986 (#1,614 → #694)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1987 (#694 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1956
- Peaked 2015 at #132 (3,127 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1996–2025
- Highest: 1 in 613 boys born in 2015 were named Jayce (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 777 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
- 53.5% of all boys named Jayce (24,320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32 | #2,177 (1958) | #2,811 |
| 1960s | 32 | #3,305 (1962) | #3,487 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,897 (1979) | #4,060 |
| 1980s | 454 | #694 (1986) | #2,538 |
| 1990s | 1,108 | #763 (1999) | #1,155 |
| 2000s | 5,532 | #355 (2009) | #485 |
| 2010s | 24,320 | #132 (2015) | #172 |
| 2020s | 13,879 | #150 (2020) | #161 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jayce in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 19,910 of them was named Jayce, which outranked 88.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,149Shaniya90
- #2,149Shira90
- #2,149Zailey90
- #2,168Jayce89
- #2,168Adleigh89
- #2,168Aleyah89
- #2,168Anisha89
- #2,188Acacia88
- #2,188Ameena88
- #2,188Annalia88
Tied with 19 names at #2,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 639 of them was named Jayce, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.