Jaycee

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A few things about Jaycee you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Jaycee

Jaycee Carroll

Azerbaijani basketball player (born 1983)

Choose Jaycee and your child shares a first name with Jaycee Carroll, an Azerbaijani basketball player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jaycee, like who?” Jaycee Carroll's Wikipedia article is available in 21 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 7,994 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Jaycee, 201 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jaycee would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJaycee first shows up in US birth records in 1934, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 91 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2011, when it reached #516.
• 🍂TrendJaycee has slipped 186 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,150. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedJaycee is most popular in Iowa, where it ranks #437, followed by Arkansas (#489) and Kentucky (#570). It's in the top 1,000 in 11 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlJaycee is given to both boys and girls: 79% of the 255 babies named Jaycee in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Jaycee

Jaycee is a gender-neutral name of American and English origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with J and ending in “-cee”. US birth records list Jaycee for girls from 1968 to 2025, in 57 of those 58 years. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked #516 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #1,150, with 201 babies. Of the 255 US babies named Jaycee in 2025, 79% were girls and 21% were boys.

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