Jayce Boy
How popular is Jayce?
#167 boy name in 2025
2,199 baby boys were named Jayce in the US in 2025, making it the 167th most popular boy name. Another 31 girls got the name (#4,459 for girls).
Jayce popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #167 for boys (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,199 boys, 31 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #132 in 2015, #150 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (3,127 boys) |
| Highest rank | #132 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1956 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jayce counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jace family of names ranked #65 for boys in 2025 (#63 the year before), with 5,297 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jayce is most popular
Babies named Jayce per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 3.1 per 1,000 (177 boys)
- Delaware: 2.8 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- South Carolina: 2.5 per 1,000 (259 boys)
- Georgia: 2.4 per 1,000 (598 boys)
- Louisiana: 2.3 per 1,000 (239 boys)
Jayce by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 32 | #2,176 |
| 1960s | 32 | #3,304 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,896 |
| 1980s | 454 | #694 |
| 1990s | 1,108 | #761 |
| 2000s | 5,532 | #355 |
| 2010s | 24,320 | #132 |
| 2020s | 13,879 | #150 |
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Questions
- Is Jayce a boy or girl name?
- Jayce is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Jayce were boys.
- How popular is the name Jayce?
- 2,199 baby boys were named Jayce in the US in 2025, making it the 167th most popular boy name. Another 31 girls got the name (#4,459 for girls).
- When was Jayce most popular?
- Jayce peaked in 2015, when 3,127 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #132 in 2015.
- How many people are named Jayce?
- 47,162 babies have been named Jayce in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,765 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Jayce most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jayce was most common in Mississippi, at 3.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.