Jacey
A feminine variant of the French name Jacqueline meaning "supplanter".
Name Census estimates that about 8,277 living Americans carry the first name Jacey. It is a predominantly female name (94.2% of registrations). The average person named Jacey today is around 22 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jacey births was 2006 (388 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jacey. 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 Jacey with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
8.3K
~ 1 in 41,410 Americans
Peak year
2006
388 babies that year
Average age
22
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,216
Tracked since 1965
Census
Jacey in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 7,227 people with the first name Jacey, which placed it at #3,063 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
#3,063
National first-name rank
People counted
7.2K
7,227 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
2.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
76.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jacey
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jacey is White at 76.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (7.4%) and Black (5.9%). 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 Jacey 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 Jacey at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White76.2% · 5,505
- Hispanic or Latino7.4% · 533
- Black or African American5.9% · 428
- Two or more races5.4% · 393
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.3% · 242
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.7% · 126
Gender
Gender distribution for Jacey
Jacey leans heavily female at 94.2% of total registrations, but 487 boys have also been registered with the name over the years, giving it a small but present crossover presence.
Jacey as a male name
- Ranked #9,324 in 2024
- 8 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2005 (25 births)
Jacey as a female name
- Ranked #2,216 in 2024
- 85 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2006 (369 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jacey leans strongly female. 6,803 people counted with this name were female (94.2%), compared with 417 male bearers (5.8%).
Popularity
Jacey: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jacey from the 1960s through to the 2020s, spanning 7 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 3,389 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
Jacey 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 Jacey during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jaceys live
The SSA's state-level files cover 39 states and territories. Texas, California, Georgia recorded the most babies named Jacey, while Oregon, Montana, Nevada recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 140 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jacey
The given name Jacey is an English diminutive form of the name Jacob, which has its origins in the Hebrew name Ya'aqov. The name Ya'aqov is derived from the Hebrew verb "aqav," meaning "to follow" or "to be behind." It has been suggested that the name may also be related to the Hebrew word for "heel," "aqev," referring to the biblical story of Jacob being born holding onto the heel of his twin brother, Esau.
The name Jacob is prominent in the Old Testament of the Bible and is the name of one of the patriarchs of the Israelites. Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, plays a significant role in the book of Genesis, where he is portrayed as a cunning and determined individual who struggles with his brother Esau and later receives the blessing from his father, changing his name to Israel.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Jacey was Jacey Rees, a Welsh politician and lawyer who lived from 1768 to 1846. He served as a Member of Parliament for Newport in Wales and was known for his advocacy of parliamentary reform.
In the 19th century, Jacey Cromwell (1805-1879) was an American politician from New York who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853.
Another notable bearer of the name was Jacey Harding (1890-1958), an Australian rules football player who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (now known as the Australian Football League) during the early 20th century.
In the literary world, Jacey Graham (1923-1986) was an American author and playwright known for her novels and plays that explored themes of family relationships and personal struggles.
More recently, Jacey Hawrilenko (born 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who has played in several leagues, including the National Women's Hockey League and the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
These are just a few examples of individuals throughout history who have borne the given name Jacey, which serves as a diminutive and anglicized form of the Hebrew name Jacob.
People
Jacey + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jacey 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
Jacey: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jacey?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 8,277 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jacey 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 41,410 US residents.
Is Jacey a common name?
We classify Jacey as "Rare". It ranks above 97.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 8,455 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jacey most popular?
The single biggest year for Jacey was 2006, when 388 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jacey is about 22 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jacey in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 7,227 people with the name Jacey, or 2.39 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #3,063 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 Jacey 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 Jacey?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jacey leans strongly female. 6,803 people counted with this name were female (94.2%), compared with 417 male bearers (5.8%). 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 Jacey?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jacey is White at 76.2%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (7.4%) and Black (5.9%). 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 Jacey most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Jacey in the 2020 Census, accounting for 76.2% (5,505 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 Jacey in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jacey a female name?
Yes, 94.2% of people registered as Jacey 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 Jacey still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jacey 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 Jacey 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 many people share the name Jacey?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.