Given name
Mayce
“one who wields the medieval weapon”
Mayce is a variant of Mace. One English interpretation is “one who wields the medieval weapon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mayce is a variant of Mace. One English interpretation is “one who wields the medieval weapon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mayce is a variant of Mace. An origin associated with Mace is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mayce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 478
- 22 boys · 456 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 464 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mayce
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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