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Jayce

Boy · JAYS · Greek

Jayce is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “healer”. In 2025 it ranked 820th for boys in the UK (44 babies) and 167th for boys in the US (2,199 babies).

What does Jayce mean?

Greek: spelling of Jace, a short form of Jason

“healer”

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Is Jayce a girl's or a boy's name?

Jayce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the UK and 31 girls and 2,199 boys in the US.

How popular is Jayce in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#820among boys
Babies in 2025
44about 1 in 6,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 22% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 44 boys in the UK were named Jayce, making it the 820th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 514th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 83 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Jayce than any year since 2013.

Half of all the boys named Jayce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 203 boys in the UK were given Jayce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #265, up from #820 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 822nd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 83 in 20202025
Jayce in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202544#820
202455#711
202364#628
202263#644
202166#626
202083#514
201968#606
201859#666
201757#687
201667#606
201573#578
201460#646
201336#904
201228#1,070
201118#1,433
201020#1,342
200912#1,852
200811#1,930
200714#1,605
20064#3,522
200515#1,384
20043#3,792
20038#1,880
20025#2,358
20014#2,714
20003#3,146
19993#3,043
19981#3,884
19976#1,853
199611#1,215

How popular is Jayce in the US?

Rank in 2025
#167among boys
Babies in 2025
2,199about 1 in 780 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
1.8%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,199 boys in the US were named Jayce, making it the 167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 150th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 3,127 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 31 girls were also named Jayce in 2025 (4,459th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Jayce in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,731 boys in the US were given Jayce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #167 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 34% of the babies named Jayce in the US in 1984, and 1% in 2025.

1956Busiest: 3,127 in 20152025
Jayce in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,199#167
20242,184#168
20232,179#166
20222,429#154
20212,421#158
20202,467#150
20192,634#148
20182,659#147
20172,917#139
20162,972#138
20153,127#132
20142,718#150
20132,673#147
20121,919#200
20111,604#223
20101,097#298
2009873#355
2008800#383
2007712#409
2006657#428
2005560#456
2004460#521
2003432#536
2002409#541
2001308#617
2000321#604
1999209#761
1998165#877
1997132#979
1996141#924
1995101#1,133
199486#1,250
199370#1,374
199287#1,193
199168#1,362
199049#1,657
198955#1,487
198844#1,613
198785#1,029
1986171#694
198539#1,613
198421#2,363
198315#2,911
19827#5,001
19819#4,151
19808#4,493
197915#2,896
19788#4,155
19777#4,580
19767#4,416
19758#3,939
197410#3,316
19730–
19726#4,438
19710–
19705#4,722
19690–
19680–
19676#3,557
19660–
19650–
19646#3,600
19637#3,317
19627#3,303
19616#3,650
19600–
19590–
195814#2,176
19575#3,991
195613#2,261

Names like Jayce

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Jayce

Jace Jase Jayse Jaice Jhase Jaece Jhace Jaise

Names related to Jayce

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