Jace
- Pronunciation
- [Jace]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Healer
- Origin
- English
About the Name Jace
Jace is a modern English contracted form of Jason — descending through Greek Iasōn (the leader of the Argonauts in Greek mythology, who sought the Golden Fleece) and the verb iasthai (to heal). Jace itself appears in SSA records starting in the 1970s but accelerates dramatically through the 2000s. The name has no significant pre-modern history and is essentially a 20th-21st century American invention.
The name's appeal sits at the intersection of contemporary American naming preferences: short (one syllable, four letters), strong consonants, modern visual presence, and the inherent mythological-heroic register inherited from its Jason origin. The contracted form gives Jace a distinctly modern, casual feel compared to the more formal Jason. Notable contemporary bearers include American actor Jace Norman, MMA fighter Jace Hudson, and various reality-TV personalities and athletes.
Jace's American climb took it from outside the US top 1000 in 1995 to the top 75 boys' rank by 2010 and has held a top-100 range since. The name reads as both modern and inherently masculine — the hard J-C consonant combination and the in-built brevity giving it a contemporary American-edge that contrasts with longer biblical and classical names. Common nicknames are scarce since the name is already short — JC and the rare Jay occasionally appear. The longer formal form Jason remains in use as Jace's official-document equivalent for parents who want both options. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially modern English-American; the rare alternate spellings Jase, Jayce, and Jaice each have their own SSA tracking, though Jace is dominant.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jace
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Jace by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2013 with 6,398 boys named Jace (boy rank #66 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #114 for boys (3,083 US births). That's 48 places below its 2013 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jace Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jace the strongest states are Louisiana, Mississippi, Vermont.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | #42 | 871 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #43 | 574 |
| 3 | Vermont | #53 | 43 |
| 4 | Georgia | #62 | 1,683 |
| 5 | Alabama | #65 | 747 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #67 | 470 |
| 7 | Wyoming | #77 | 57 |
| 8 | Missouri | #78 | 862 |
| 9 | West Virginia | #78 | 256 |
| 10 | Hawaii | #78 | 125 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #157 | 2,562 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #153 | 415 |
| 3 | Washington | #146 | 560 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | #144 | 95 |
| 5 | Rhode Island | #138 | 79 |
| 6 | Idaho | #136 | 184 |
| 7 | Arizona | #136 | 608 |
| 8 | Oregon | #136 | 308 |
| 9 | Colorado | #132 | 485 |
| 10 | Maine | #128 | 113 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jace in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jayce | Strong | Female | English |
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