Jacen — #2723 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jacen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,449 babies named Jacen between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacen currently holds the #2723 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 175 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jacen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 248 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jacen in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jacen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,449 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.