Jacen
Boy · JAY-sen · Greek
Jacen is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “healer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Jacen mean?
Greek: spelling of Jason
“healer”
Jacen Solo is a son of Han Solo and Princess Leia in the Star Wars novels.
- Say it
- JAY-sen
Is Jacen a girl's or a boy's name?
Jacen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jacen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Jacen, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 175 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Jacen than any year since 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jacen in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,940 boys in the US were given Jacen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Jacen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,098 |
| 2021 | 52 | #2,522 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 90 | #1,724 |
| 2017 | 90 | #1,725 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,453 |
| 2014 | 148 | #1,229 |
| 2013 | 175 | #1,070 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2011 | 127 | #1,331 |
| 2010 | 106 | #1,525 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,664 |
| 2008 | 98 | #1,603 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 86 | #1,654 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,125 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,020 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 56 | #1,970 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 52 | #1,964 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Jacen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaylen Jensen Jayden Jackson Johan Holden Bowen Soren Easton Hudson Judah Jonah
Other spellings of Jacen
Jason Jayson Jaysen Jaycen Jeison Jaceion Jasson Jeyson Jasen Jaison
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