Unisex name · since 1961
Jacy
3,416 babies named Jacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,580 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,416
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jacy is the #7580 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 3,416 recorded since 1961.
Jacy has 3,416 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7580 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #3,311 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,580 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,416 born since 1961
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacy ranks #3,311 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,580 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,416 born since 1961, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,311 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,580 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,416
- born since 1961
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacy's 3,416 recorded births place it above 95.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Jacy compares
3,416 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Jacy's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jacy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,416 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 150 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jacy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jacy splits its recorded history at 1993: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 150 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jacy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 150
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Jacy popularity over time - boys
756 total births recorded since 1912 (Jacy as boys' name)
Jacy by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,052 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Jacy's strongest decade.
1,052 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jacy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 85
1960s
85 births
- 1970s 362
1970s
362 births
- 1980s 396
1980s
396 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,052 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,019 births
- 2010s 384
2010s
384 births
- 2020s 118
2020s
118 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,052 births (31% of all-time use).
How Jacy 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 Jacy's total volume
Jacy by state
Where Jacy concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 462 | 13.5% |
| #2 | California | | 146 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 94 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 61 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 41 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 30 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 22 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 19 | 0.6% |
462 of 3,416 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Jacy appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jacy's data
- Jacy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,052 total births); usage has since declined to 118 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Jacys (462 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 Jacy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Jacy 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.