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Jacey

#2,468 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Jacey has been given to 8,531 babies in the U.S. since 1965. In 2025 it ranked #2,468 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 370 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% girls, 6% boys all-time.

Babies named Jacey, 2025

1 in 46,000

Jacey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jacey over time

In 2025, Jacey went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19652025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jacey: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jacey means

Jacey is a given name.

The naming story behind Jacey

Wikidata records Jacey as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q130224477, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,044 girls were recorded with the name Jacey between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 370 in 2006; its best national rank was #722 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,072 in 2020 to #2,468 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,376 in 2015 to #2,468 in 2025.

In the United States, 487 boys were recorded with the name Jacey between 1974 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2005; its best national rank was #3,608 in 1995.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Jacey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 22,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,468
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jacey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jacey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaceys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jacey was born before 2005 — so the typical Jacey is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
65.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
8,044
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (3,226).

Is Jacey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−247
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−396
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,092
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.5%
Peak was 2006 (370)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#722
2000

Spellings of Jacey

Jacey is not the most common spelling — Janet is, with 28.6% against Jacey's 0.41%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jacey is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jacey was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 23,031 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 5,556
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 5,882
  3. 3Alabama1 in 11,111
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 12,500
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 12,500
  6. 6Georgia1 in 14,286
  7. 7Indiana1 in 14,286
  8. 8Texas1 in 16,667

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Jacey is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jacey was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,558,013 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jacey has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jacey around the world

Where Jacey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2023
    #1,786
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1963–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jacey

People whose public names include Jacey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jacey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,468
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 396
Best rank ever
#722
2000
Peak year
2006
370 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
8,044
Count in 2025
72

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,608
1995
Peak year
2005
25 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
487
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Jacey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jacey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jacey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ShayleeJazmynYazminKendalLizethEvelinKinseyAbigaleKaylahKarleyCaleighEmmalee

Sibling names for Jacey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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