Jacy
Mostly boys · JAY-see · Native American
Jacy is a name of Native American origin, meaning “moon”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Jacy mean?
Native American: Tupi (Brazil) word for the moon; also from the initials J. C.
“moon”
In Tupi-Guarani myth Jaci is the moon; in English it can also come from the initials J. C.
- Say it
- JAY-see
Is Jacy a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jacy has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US.
How popular is Jacy in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jacy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jacy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Jacy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Jacy, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer girls named Jacy than any year since 1971.
Half of all the girls named Jacy in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 574 girls in the US were given Jacy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #526, up from #7,489 for this spelling alone.
In 2022, 75% of the babies named Jacy in the US were girls.
Jacy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 55 | #3,043 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 92 | #2,029 |
| 2004 | 113 | #1,713 |
| 2003 | 107 | #1,754 |
| 2002 | 138 | #1,393 |
| 2001 | 117 | #1,584 |
| 2000 | 140 | #1,342 |
| 1999 | 105 | #1,594 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 1996 | 114 | #1,436 |
| 1995 | 80 | #1,783 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,570 |
| 1993 | 127 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 150 | #1,168 |
| 1991 | 120 | #1,354 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,751 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 65 | #1,544 |
| 1974 | 47 | #1,848 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
Names like Jacy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jacy
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