Short form of Jason, from Greek iasthai, "to heal" — healer; the lord is salvation. Charted independently in America from 1994.
Jace ranks 114th among American boys in 2025, with 3,091 born that year. Its best year was 2013, when 6,446 babies were given the name, ranking 66th. The typical living American called Jace is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.47% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.