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Jc

jay-see /dʒeɪˈsi/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#5,399 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
17 (<0.01% of boys)
Trend
Slipping #4,540 in 2020 to #5,399 in 2025
Peak
#1,329 in 1924
First recorded
1913

Meaning of Jc

Jc, pronounced “jay-see,” blossoms like a secret refrain woven through sunlit Tuscan piazzas, its very letters evoking an intimate duet of heritage and hope. Born of contemporary American daring yet steeped in the timeless Italian art of naming—where Giovanni meets Carlo or John merges with Christopher—Jc carries within its twin initials the warmth of two cherished lineages entwined. Here is a name that, though rare enough to hover just inside the U.S. top-one-thousand in 2024, shines with the quiet confidence of a vineyard at dawn, each syllable ripe with possibility. It speaks of a child who bridges tradition and tomorrow, whose identity unfolds as gracefully as grapevines climbing ancient stone walls. Lightly playful yet profoundly resonant, Jc invites whispered endearments and spirited introductions alike, promising a life lived in lyrical harmony between past and future, under skies both boundless and benevolent.

How to pronounce Jc

English

Popularity of Jc in the U.S.

Jc was the #5,399 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 17 babies. It peaked at #1,329 in 1924. It first appears in the records in 1913.

Bar and line chart: Jc in the U.S., 1913–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 57 in 2005 and 17 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #1,329 in 1924, #5,399 in 2025.
  • Boys named Jc (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1913–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1913⁠–⁠2025 100 rows
Jc: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025175,399▲ 1,433
2024126,832▼ 1,166
2023165,666▲ 208
2022155,874▼ 1,380
2021224,494▲ 46
2020214,540▲ 1,015
2019165,555▲ 215
2018155,770▲ 18
2017155,788▼ 1,318
2016224,470▼ 588
2015273,882▼ 648
2014343,234▲ 171
2013313,405▲ 220
2012293,625▼ 625
2011383,000▲ 239
2010343,239▲ 680
2009263,919▼ 816
2008373,103▼ 460
2007462,643▼ 333
2006542,310▼ 181
2005572,129▲ 885
2004333,014▲ 105
2003303,119▼ 176
2002312,943▲ 467
2001253,410▼ 736
2000342,674▲ 191
1999292,865▼ 415
1998352,450▲ 710
1997233,160▲ 133
1996213,293▼ 994
1995342,299▲ 1,612
1994163,911▼ 968
1993232,943▼ 581
1992312,362▲ 244
1991262,606▼ 118
1990272,488▲ 296
1989222,784▲ 295
1988173,079▼ 520
1987212,559▼ 686
1986321,873▲ 353
1985242,226▲ 66
1984222,292▲ 201
1983192,493▲ 789
1982133,282▲ 319
1981113,601▲ 14
1980113,615▼ 718
1979152,897▼ 618
1978202,279▲ 512
1977152,791▲ 304
1976123,095▼ 344
1975142,751▲ 369
1974113,120▼ 715
1973162,405▲ 254
1972132,659▲ 487
1971103,146▼ 255
1970112,891▲ 171
196993,062▼ 862
1968142,200▲ 1,766
196753,966▼ 1,182
196692,784▲ 1,146
196553,930▼ 880
196483,050▲ 268
196373,318▲ 715
196254,033▼ 677
196173,356▲ 682
196054,038▼ 419
195963,619back (not recorded in 1958)
195753,993▼ 51
195653,942back (not recorded in 1946–1955)
194572,743▼ 276
194492,467▲ 96
194392,563▼ 418
1942122,145▼ 62
1941122,083▲ 395
194092,478▲ 351
193972,829▼ 928
1938141,901▲ 91
1937131,992▼ 120
1936141,872back (not recorded in 1935)
193472,973▲ 295
193363,268▲ 508
193253,776back (not recorded in 1931)
1930102,609▼ 292
1929122,317▼ 269
1928152,048▲ 250
1927132,298▼ 832
1926251,466▲ 469
1925171,935▼ 606
1924311,329▲ 367
1923211,696▼ 151
1922241,545▲ 435
1921171,980▼ 14
1920171,966▲ 699
1919102,665▼ 267
1918122,398▲ 25
1917112,423▲ 120
1916102,543▲ 286
191582,829▲ 86
191462,915▼ 419
191362,496new

Notable people named Jc

  • Jc Beall is an American philosopher specializing in logic who has held a philosophy chair at the University of Notre Dame since 2020.