Jacy
Jacy was the 7642nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1170th with 150 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,698 places. More babies were named Jacy in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Jackie) pet form of Jack or Jacqueline · English, French, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #7,642 girls, down 2,416 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- 77% girls, 23% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1992150 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,172babies recorded
What does the name Jacy mean?
Jacy is a spelling of Jackie, pronounced the same way, so it shares Jackie's meaning and origin.
Jackie is a pet form of Jack (John), and of French Jacques and its relatives, and for girls of Jacqueline, as Wiktionary notes. Jack was a medieval English pet form of John, from Hebrew Yoḥanan 'YHWH is gracious'; Jacqueline is the French feminine of Jacques (James, from Jacob). Jackie Robinson and Jacqueline 'Jackie' Kennedy are famous bearers.
יוֹחָנָן (Yoḥanan) (Biblical Hebrew, “YHWH is gracious”)יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqov) (Biblical Hebrew, “Jacob”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Jack, Jacqueline, John, Jacques.
See also: Hebrew names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Jackie', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'John', DMNES (Durham University)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Jacob', DMNES (Durham University)
Jacy popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,642 | — | 14 | — |
| 2020 | #5,226 | #7,744 | 24 | 10 |
| 2010 | #3,057 | #7,271 | 55 | 11 |
| 2000 | #1,348 | #3,109 | 140 | 28 |
| 1990 | #1,760 | #5,146 | 83 | 10 |
| 1980 | #2,078 | #2,576 | 50 | 19 |
| 1970 | #6,599 | #3,649 | 7 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Jacy, counting every spelling?
Jacy is a spelling of Jackie, a name family that ranked #1,163 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #7,642 for Jacy on its own. Together these spellings went to 187 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie | 86 | #2,163 | 398 |
| Jacey | 72 | #2,468 | 397 |
| Jacy | 14 | #7,642 | 94 |
| Jacee | 10 | #9,726 | 54 |
| Jacky | 5 | #15,865 | 38 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Jacy?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jacy (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Jacy born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jacy.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jacy?
About 3,300 people born in the US named Jacy are alive today, with a median age of 28; half are between 21 and 36. That makes Jacy mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Jacy: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jacy, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Jacy
What does Jacy mean?
Jacy is a spelling of Jackie, which means “pet form of Jack or Jacqueline” (English, French, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Jacy?
Jacy was the 7642nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1170th with 150 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,698 places. More babies were named Jacy in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Jacy a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 77% girls, 23% boys given the name Jacy in the US.