girls:
10.6k births since 1968
#1536 (73rd percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1934
#3154 (31st percentile)
overall:
12.1k births since 1934
#2392 (69th percentile)
The name Jaycee is the #2,392 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,077 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 69.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 69.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,536 (73.1% percentile) for all time with 10,578 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #3,154 (31.2% percentile) for all time with 1,499 births since 1934.
Jaycee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Jaycee is available in 70 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (64 years for boys and 55 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 Jaycee has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 85.2% of babies named Jaycee were girls. Interestingly, until around 1968, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1934 to 1967), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.2% girls from 1968 to 2023).
For girls, Jaycee reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 51.4% percentile (ranked #457) with 293 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 293 births per million (ranked 51.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jaycee ranks #656 for girls (30.8% percentile) with 174 births per million, which is 59.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jaycee reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 7.2% percentile (ranked #836) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jaycee ranks #863 for boys (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 76.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaycee".
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Our model is 85.0% confident that Jaycee is pronounced as JAY-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-SEE, at 15.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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