Jayse
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAYS
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Jayse is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “healer”. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Jayse mean?
Greek: spelling of Jace, a short form of Jason
“healer”
Jason, from Greek iasthai 'to heal', led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jayse a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayse is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jayse in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Jayse, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 237 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer boys named Jayse than any year since 2003.
Half of all the boys named Jayse in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,731 boys in the US were given Jayse or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #60, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
Jayse in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 94 | #1,679 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 142 | #1,279 |
| 2015 | 159 | #1,168 |
| 2014 | 237 | #906 |
| 2013 | 208 | #962 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,466 |
| 2011 | 102 | #1,544 |
| 2010 | 85 | #1,759 |
| 2009 | 82 | #1,808 |
| 2008 | 77 | #1,874 |
| 2007 | 73 | #1,928 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,220 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,178 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Nicknames for Jayse
- Jay 83 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Jayse
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luke Jude Jett Ace Jax Tate Pierce Rome Boone Zeke Jake Stone
Other spellings of Jayse
Names related to Jayse
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jayse: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jayse, updated 20 October 2026.