Jayce is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #3461 in 1996 with 33 recorded births. This places Jayce in the top 22% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2016 with 89 births ranking #2179. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 53,120 girls born was named Jayce. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Jayce is a modern English spelling of Jace. Through that route it connects back to Jason, a name traditionally explained as meaning "healer".
The name belongs to the modern English family of Jace spellings that freshen an older classical name without changing its basic root. It has become especially visible in recent English-language naming.