Jase
Jace or Jase is a masculine given name. It is often short for Jason. It is also, less commonly, a surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jase
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jace or Jase is a masculine given name. It is often short for Jason. It is also, less commonly, a surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jase
Jase first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1967, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2013: 4,555 births, good for #89 nationwide. About 69% of every Jase on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jase ranks #702 for baby boys with 388 births, falling sharply (-42%). All told, over 24K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jase
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jase. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jase
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About the name Jase
Jase is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 24K births in the dataset. Jase's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #89. Use the chart and map above to compare Jase's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.