Jaycee — #880 US unisex name
10,893 babies named Jaycee in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Jaycee was born in this single decade.
572 babies were named Jaycee in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaycee
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,893 babies named Jaycee between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaycee currently holds the #880 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 572 babies received it in a single year. Jaycee is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,558 additional births since 1934.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaycee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,499 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jaycee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,432 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaycee in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaycee 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 10,893 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.
Jaycee at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaycee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (2010)
- 572
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #880 among girls.
10,893 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 572 births in a single year.
Jaycee popularity over time — boys
1,558 total births recorded since 1934 (Jaycee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jaycee accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaycee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,499 births that decade — 41% of Jaycee's all-time total
Jaycee decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,499 births
- Runner-up 3,394 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jaycee's strongest decade
4,499 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Jaycee by state
Where Jaycee concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,432 | 13.1% |
| #2 | California | | 748 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Utah | | 485 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 467 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 445 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 375 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 358 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 346 | 3.2% |
1,432 of 10,893 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.1% of nationwide
- California 6.9% of nationwide
- Utah 4.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 4.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaycee appears in 40 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, 1968–2024 (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.