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Jaycee

#1,155 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Jacey

Jaycee has been given to 12,712 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #1,155 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 572 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Jaycee, 2025

1 in 16,500

Jaycee over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Jaycee over time

In 2025, Jaycee went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

19342025

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.

Jaycee: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jacey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jaycee means

Jaycee is a variant of Jacey.

Origin, language, and formation

Jaycee is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jacey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,099 girls were recorded with the name Jaycee between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 572 in 2010; its best national rank was #516 in 2011.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #964 in 2020 to #1,155 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #651 in 2015 to #1,155 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,613 boys were recorded with the name Jaycee between 1934 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 70 in 2020; its best national rank was #2,034 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,034 in 2020 to #2,498 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,396 in 2015 to #2,498 in 2025.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jaycee?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,500
201 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 8,000
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,155
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,433 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jaycee 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,433 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jaycee. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaycees were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jaycee was born before 2011 — so the typical Jaycee is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
11,099
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.5% of all recorded uses (4,500).

Is Jaycee 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
−273
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−191
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−504
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.1%
Peak was 2010 (572)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#516
2011

Spellings of Jaycee

Jaycee is not the most common spelling — Joyce is, with 54.2% against Jaycee's 1.2%.

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 Jaycee is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Jaycee was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,099 girls, against 1 in 4,863 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

291 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 1,099
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,538
  3. 3Alabama1 in 1,613
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 1,695
  5. 5Kentucky1 in 1,754
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 1,887
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 2,222
  8. 8Utah1 in 2,439

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.

Geographically, Jaycee is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 86% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Jaycee is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Jaycee was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 38,632 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

14 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 25,000
  2. 2California1 in 33,333
  3. 3Florida1 in 33,333
  4. 4Illinois1 in 50,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 50,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 50,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

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.

Jaycee around the world

Where Jaycee 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
    #2,788
    in 2025
  • France
    2009–2025
    #6,410
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,854
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jaycee

People whose public names include Jaycee, 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.

Jaycee by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,155
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 191
Best rank ever
#516
2011
Peak year
2010
572 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11,099
Count in 2025
201

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,498
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 464
Best rank ever
#2,034
2020
Peak year
2020
70 that year
First recorded
1934
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,613
Count in 2025
54

Names similar to Jaycee

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

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Names with a curve like Jaycee

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

MiahSariahMaleahGianaNathalyMadalynnAliyaAiyanaArelyMyahSkylaYareli

Sibling names for Jaycee

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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