girls:
1.7k births since 1929
#4074 (29th percentile)
boys:
41k births since 1956
#557 (88th percentile)
overall:
42.7k births since 1929
#1192 (85th percentile)
The name Jayce is the #1,192 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 42,690 recorded births since 1929. This represents the 84.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #557 (87.9% percentile) for all time with 41,001 births since 1956. For girls, it ranks #4,074 (28.7% percentile) for all time with 1,689 births since 1929.
Jayce first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1929 (1929 for girls and 1956 for boys). Birth data for Jayce is available in 63 out of the 95 years between 1929 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 48 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jayce has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.0% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1956, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1929 to 1955), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (96.1% boys from 1956 to 2023).
For boys, Jayce reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 85.6% percentile (ranked #131) with 1,529 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 1,529 births per million (ranked 85.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jayce ranks #163 for boys (82.2% percentile) with 1,183 births per million, which is 77.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jayce reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 8.8% percentile (ranked #873) with 46 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 46 births per million (ranked 8.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jayce ranks #918 for girls (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 42.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jayce".
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