Jayce
Jayce is a first name that is often an abbreviation of Jason. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jayce
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jayce is a first name that is often an abbreviation of Jason. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jayce
The earliest SSA record of Jayce as a baby boy name dates back to 1956, when 13 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 3,127 newborns named Jayce — #132 in the national rankings. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Jayces. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #173 among baby boy names with 2,105 births, falling sharply (-16%). In total, more than 47K Jayces have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Jayce
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jayce. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Jayce
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Jayce Brown (born 2005), American football player
- Jayce Fincher, bassist of the rock group Marvelous 3
- Jayce Hawryluk (born 1996), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jayce Landberg , Swedish musician and novelist
- Jayce Lewis (born 1984), Welsh musician
- Jayne MacDonald (died 1977), English female murder victim
- Jayce Olivero (born 1998), Gibraltarian footballer
- Jayce Tingler (born 1980), American baseball manager
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Names that sound like Jayce
Phonetically similar names — useful when Jayce is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Jayce
Jayce is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 47K births in the dataset. Jayce's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #132. Use the chart and map above to compare Jayce'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.