Unisex name · since 1965
Jacey
Jacey has 8,044 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,469 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,044
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
8,044 babies have been named Jacey since 1965, making it today's #2469 unisex name.
Jacey has 8,044 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2469 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #1,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,469 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,044 born since 1965
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacey ranks #1,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,469 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,044 born since 1965, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,469 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,044
- born since 1965
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jacey's 8,044 recorded births place it above 97.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jacey compares
8,044 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jacey's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jacey | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,044 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 370 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jacey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jacey's full recorded timeline at 1997, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 370 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jacey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 370
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Jacey popularity over time - boys
487 total births recorded since 1974 (Jacey as boys' name)
Jacey by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,226 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Jacey's strongest decade.
3,226 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jacey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s 222
1970s
222 births
- 1980s 482
1980s
482 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,717 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,226 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,896 births
- 2020s 486
2020s
486 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,226 births (40% of all-time use).
How Jacey compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jacey's total volume
Jacey by state
Where Jacey concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 850 | 10.6% |
| #2 | California | | 440 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 274 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 241 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 229 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 219 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 209 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 204 | 2.5% |
850 of 8,044 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Jacey appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jacey's data
- Jacey's decade-level peak was the 2000s (3,226 total births); usage has since declined to 486 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jaceys (850 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~60 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacey draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.