How popular is the name Jace?

Jace ranks 256th among boys' names in US records, with 131,806 births since 1936. Over the past decade it accounts for 67,037.

Is Jace a unisex name?

No. Jace is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2013, when 9,089 children were given the name. It has been in use for 89 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Jayce, Jaece. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#256 of boy names

Pronounced JH EY1 S IY2 IY1 (ARPABET)

Jace is a boys' name, and first appears in 1936. It has been given to 131,806 children — the 256th most common boys' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 40% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2013, when 9,089 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jayce and Jaece — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Jace and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jace?: Jace ranks 256th among boys' names in US records, with 131,806 births since 1936. Over the past decade it accounts for 67,037.
Is Jace a unisex name?: No. Jace is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jace most popular?: 2013, when 9,089 children were given the name. It has been in use for 89 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jace spelled?: Jayce, Jaece. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.