Boy · English (modern coinage)
Jayce
Say it: JAYS
Meaning
A modern American coinage, perhaps a short form of Jason or from the initials J.C.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rose in the US in the 2000s and 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 35,489 babies given this name since 1929
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 613 boys
- 2,479 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jace, Jase
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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