Jayce — #169 US boys' name
43,197 babies named Jayce in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
56% of everyone ever named Jayce was born in this single decade.
3,127 babies were named Jayce in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jayce
The Social Security Administration has registered 43,197 babies named Jayce between 1956 and 2024, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jayce currently holds the #169 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 3,127 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayce performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 24,313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jayce shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,945 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jayce in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jayce 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 43,197 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.
Jayce at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
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Jayce popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1956
- Peak year (2015)
- 3,127
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
Currently ranks #169 among boys.
43,197 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 3,127 births in a single year.
Jayce popularity over time — girls
1,707 total births recorded since 1929 (Jayce as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jayce accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jayce by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 24,313 births that decade — 56% of Jayce's all-time total
Jayce decade highlights
- Peak decade 24,313 births
- Runner-up 11,661 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jayce's strongest decade
24,313 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Jayce by state
Where Jayce concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,945 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 3,200 | 7.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,934 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 2,327 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,903 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 1,876 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 1,795 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,682 | 3.9% |
3,945 of 43,197 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.1% of nationwide
- California 7.4% of nationwide
- Florida 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jayce appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.