Jayci
Modern Anglicized spelling variant of the French feminine name Jacques, meaning "supplanter".
Name Census estimates that about 1,795 living Americans carry the first name Jayci. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Jayci today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jayci births was 2008 (94 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jayci. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Jayci with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
1.8K
~ 1 in 190,949 Americans
Peak year
2008
94 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,904
Tracked since 1973
Census
Jayci in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,525 people with the first name Jayci, which placed it at #9,216 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#9,216
National first-name rank
People counted
1.5K
1,525 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
75.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jayci
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jayci is White at 75.0%. The next largest groups are Black (8.6%) and Hispanic (7.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jayci described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jayci at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White75.0% · 1,143
- Black or African American8.6% · 131
- Hispanic or Latino7.2% · 110
- Two or more races6.0% · 92
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.6% · 25
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 24
Popularity
Jayci: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jayci from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 674 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jayci by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jayci during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jaycis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 17 states and territories. Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri recorded the most babies named Jayci, while Mississippi, Kentucky, Kansas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 29 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jayci
The given name Jayci is a modern variation of the more traditional name Jayce, which has its origins in the English language. The name Jayce is derived from the medieval English name Jays, which was a diminutive form of the name James.
The name James itself can be traced back to the Latin name Jacobus, which was the New Testament Latin form of the Hebrew name Ya'aqov. Ya'aqov, in turn, was derived from the Biblical Hebrew root 'aqav, meaning "to follow" or "to be behind." Thus, the name James and its variants like Jayce can be understood as meaning "one who follows" or "supplanter."
While the name Jayci is a relatively modern spelling, the name Jayce has been in use since the Middle Ages. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jayce can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, which was a comprehensive survey of landowners in England commissioned by William the Conqueror.
Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals who bore the name Jayce or its variants. In the 13th century, Jayce de Bailliol was a Scottish nobleman who served as a regent for King Alexander III of Scotland during his minority. In the 15th century, Jayce Tyrell was an English knight and courtier who served under King Henry VII.
In more recent times, Jayce Salloum was a Canadian artist and filmmaker who was born in 1958 and is known for his works exploring issues of identity, migration, and cultural representation. Jayce Mirica was an American football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers in the 1990s.
Another notable individual with the name Jayce was Jayce Tingler, an American professional baseball coach who served as the manager of the San Diego Padres in the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2020 to 2021.
While the modern spelling of Jayci is not as common as the traditional Jayce, it has been used by a few individuals throughout history. One example is Jayci Andrews, an American former professional basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in the early 2000s.
People
Jayci + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jayci as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jayci: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jayci?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,795 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jayci going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 190,949 US residents.
Is Jayci a common name?
We classify Jayci as "Rare". It ranks above 93.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,827 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jayci most popular?
The single biggest year for Jayci was 2008, when 94 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jayci is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jayci in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,525 people with the name Jayci, or 0.50 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #9,216 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jayci in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jayci?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jayci leans strongly female. 1,500 people counted with this name were female (98.5%), compared with 23 male bearers (1.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jayci?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jayci is White at 75.0%. The next largest groups are Black (8.6%) and Hispanic (7.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jayci most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jayci in the 2020 Census, accounting for 75.0% (1,143 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jayci in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jayci a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jayci in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jayci still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jayci in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jayci can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Jayci?
HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, answers that with the living-bearer count in one glance.