Jace

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 4,643 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
4,643
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#114
unchanged on last year
UK popularity
#338
126 babies · up from #379

How Jace has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#64#95#125201520202025#114

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#75
2016#76
2017#87
2018#90
2019#93
2020#96
2021#101
2022#103
2023#110
2024#114
2025#114

Jace by the numbers

In 2025, 126 babies in England and Wales were named Jace. In the US, 4,643 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 6,384 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jace

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jace. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • JackGod is gracious; from John1,595 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jaycehe supplants; a modern respelling of James2,951 in the US (2017)
  • Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
  • Jakesupplanter; a form of Jacob1,491 in the US (2017)
  • Jasehealer; short form of Jason1,042 in the US (2017)
  • Jacsupplanter; a form of Jack87 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Jace

Names that are said the same way as Jace, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jaysehealer; a modern respelling of Jason102 in the US (2017)
  • Jaice44 in the US (2017)
  • Jaise13 in the US (2017)
  • Jais5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jace

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