Fun Facts About the Name Jacy
- More than 4 thousand babies named Jacy: U.S. records list 4,172 babies given the name Jacy from 1880 through 2025. Even 756 boys received the name Jacy - about 1 boy for every 5 girls.
What Does the Name Jacy Mean?
Jacy has two separate origins that happen to share a spelling. In Brazil it comes from the Tupi-Guarani word jaci (also written îasy), meaning "moon," and from the moon figure of Tupi-Guarani tradition; Portuguese writes the name as Jaci or Jacy. The English name is a variant spelling of Jacey or Jaci, and its derivation is not firmly documented. It is sometimes explained as a pet form of names beginning with Jac-, such as Jacqueline, and sometimes as a feminine form of Jace, a short form of Jason. Because short forms of this kind develop informally, the exact source is uncertain, and the identical spelling with the Brazilian name does not indicate a shared origin.
Jacy Name History & Origins
The Brazilian name Jaci, also spelled Jacy, comes from the Tupi-Guarani language of the indigenous peoples of coastal Brazil and of the Guaraní. In Tupi-Guarani tradition, Jaci is the moon, often paired with the sun, Guaraci. Portuguese speakers in Brazil have used Jaci and Jacy as women's names, taken directly from that word.
In English, Jacy is a spelling of Jacey or Jaci used mainly for girls. It belongs to a cluster of informal, similar-sounding spellings rather than deriving from one documented source, so it has no well-attested point of origin. The name became familiar to American readers through Jacy Farrow, a central character in Larry McMurtry's novel The Last Picture Show (1966) and the 1971 film adaptation, though that literary use is not evidence of the name's beginning.
How Popular is the Name Jacy?
Jacy has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #1,176 in 1992.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,642 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #6,234 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #6,506 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #5,377 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #6,259 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #5,224 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #4,964 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #5,524 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #4,613 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #4,293 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #3,944 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2014 | #3,742 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2013 | #3,809 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2012 | #3,604 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2011 | #3,190 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2010 | #3,057 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2009 | #2,910 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 2008 | #2,595 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #2,261 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 2006 | #2,087 | 94 | 0.0049% |
| 2005 | #2,036 | 92 | 0.0050% |
| 2004 | #1,721 | 113 | 0.0062% |
| 2003 | #1,761 | 107 | 0.0059% |
| 2002 | #1,400 | 138 | 0.0077% |
| 2001 | #1,590 | 117 | 0.0065% |
| 2000 | #1,348 | 140 | 0.0077% |
| 1999 | #1,604 | 105 | 0.0059% |
| 1998 | #1,807 | 86 | 0.0049% |
| 1997 | #1,724 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 1996 | #1,441 | 114 | 0.0065% |
| 1995 | #1,791 | 80 | 0.0045% |
| 1994 | #1,575 | 97 | 0.0054% |
| 1993 | #1,319 | 127 | 0.0070% |
| 1992 | #1,176 | 149 | 0.0081% |
| 1991 | #1,356 | 121 | 0.0065% |
| 1990 | #1,760 | 83 | 0.0044% |
| 1989 | #2,583 | 44 | 0.0024% |
| 1988 | #2,379 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1987 | #2,735 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 1986 | #2,356 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1985 | #3,354 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #2,395 | 40 | 0.0024% |
| 1983 | #2,489 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #2,504 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 1981 | #2,580 | 36 | 0.0022% |
| 1980 | #2,078 | 50 | 0.0030% |
| 1979 | #2,160 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 1978 | #2,247 | 41 | 0.0027% |
| 1977 | #2,100 | 45 | 0.0029% |
| 1976 | #2,114 | 41 | 0.0028% |
| 1975 | #1,546 | 65 | 0.0045% |
| 1974 | #1,859 | 47 | 0.0032% |
| 1973 | #2,193 | 36 | 0.0025% |
| 1972 | #2,773 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1971 | #5,705 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #6,597 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #6,193 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #4,908 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #7,175 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,961 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #5,488 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #4,198 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #3,696 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1962 | #3,344 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #3,676 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #9,329 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,382 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #9,323 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #11,297 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #7,743 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #12,914 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #10,085 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #7,800 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #10,090 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #7,711 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #7,794 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #6,042 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #6,112 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #5,521 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #7,271 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #6,971 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #5,335 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #4,880 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #5,397 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #3,655 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2004 | #4,060 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #3,563 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #5,863 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #3,662 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #3,109 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #4,058 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #4,085 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #3,658 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #2,967 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #3,364 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #3,666 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #4,107 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #4,422 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #4,904 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #5,146 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #5,347 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #4,077 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #7,163 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #3,288 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #2,745 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1983 | #3,499 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #3,379 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,620 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #2,576 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #3,439 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #2,241 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1977 | #2,033 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1976 | #2,998 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #2,161 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1974 | #3,991 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,668 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #3,649 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1912 | #2,717 | 5 | 0.0012% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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