Given name & surname
Jace
“God is my salvation”
Jace is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “God is my salvation.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In English usage, Jace is a diminutive of Jason.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jace through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92,412
- 91,544 boys · 868 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 6,446 babies
- 2025
- 3,091
- #114 for boys · #11,316 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,083 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 114 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6,401 in 2013. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (291). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 64,943 as a first name in 2020; 252 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jace’s family of names
In English usage, Jace is a diminutive of Jason. Jace has a related form in Jayce. Jace has a related form in Jacey.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 28
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jace
- Jace NormanAmerican actor (born 2000)
- Jace EverettAmerican Country singer-songwriterborn 1972
- Jace AlexanderAmerican actorborn 1964
- Jace PetersonAmerican baseball playerborn 1990
- Jace FryAmerican baseball playerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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