Boys' name · peaked in 2013
Jace name popularity since 1925
92,412 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jace (0.9% girls, 99.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Jace is about 12 years old in 2026. Jace peaked in 2013 as the #66 name for boys, and it ranked #114 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 92,412
- Named Jace, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #114
- for boys in 2025 (3,083 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% boys
- 868 girls · 91,544 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 3.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Jace made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jace births per year, 1925–2025
2013 was the biggest year for Jace both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, Jace became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 929 baby boys to 1 in 296.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Jace's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jace.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jace in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 14 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 308 | #2,863 |
| 1960s | 0 | 290 | #2,125 |
| 1970s | 0 | 505 | #1,544 |
| 1980s | 25 | 1,650 | #667 |
| 1990s | 115 | 4,536 | #523 |
| 2000s | 262 | 16,316 | #208 |
| 2010s | 345 | 47,476 | #75 |
| 2020–25 | 121 | 20,444 | #114 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
61.8% of babies named Jace from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Jace is most popular
The index compares Jace's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jace.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 3.09× | 2,386 |
| Idaho | 2.56× | 923 |
| Nevada | 2.27× | 735 |
| Montana | 1.99× | 528 |
| North Dakota | 1.95× | 558 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jace and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jace (this page) | 91,544 | 2013 |
| Jake | 122,106 | 2004 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jace's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jace.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jace (2013).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data