Jayce is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #3034 in 1998 with 42 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2016 with 89 births ranking #2179. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 27.3%. In 1998, approximately 1 in every 42,069 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.