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
- Pronounced jay-see /dʒeɪˈsi/
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.
- Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1913–2025 100 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 5,399 | ▲ 1,433 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,832 | ▼ 1,166 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,666 | ▲ 208 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,874 | ▼ 1,380 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4,494 | ▲ 46 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,540 | ▲ 1,015 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,555 | ▲ 215 |
| 2018 | 15 | 5,770 | ▲ 18 |
| 2017 | 15 | 5,788 | ▼ 1,318 |
| 2016 | 22 | 4,470 | ▼ 588 |
| 2015 | 27 | 3,882 | ▼ 648 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,234 | ▲ 171 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,405 | ▲ 220 |
| 2012 | 29 | 3,625 | ▼ 625 |
| 2011 | 38 | 3,000 | ▲ 239 |
| 2010 | 34 | 3,239 | ▲ 680 |
| 2009 | 26 | 3,919 | ▼ 816 |
| 2008 | 37 | 3,103 | ▼ 460 |
| 2007 | 46 | 2,643 | ▼ 333 |
| 2006 | 54 | 2,310 | ▼ 181 |
| 2005 | 57 | 2,129 | ▲ 885 |
| 2004 | 33 | 3,014 | ▲ 105 |
| 2003 | 30 | 3,119 | ▼ 176 |
| 2002 | 31 | 2,943 | ▲ 467 |
| 2001 | 25 | 3,410 | ▼ 736 |
| 2000 | 34 | 2,674 | ▲ 191 |
| 1999 | 29 | 2,865 | ▼ 415 |
| 1998 | 35 | 2,450 | ▲ 710 |
| 1997 | 23 | 3,160 | ▲ 133 |
| 1996 | 21 | 3,293 | ▼ 994 |
| 1995 | 34 | 2,299 | ▲ 1,612 |
| 1994 | 16 | 3,911 | ▼ 968 |
| 1993 | 23 | 2,943 | ▼ 581 |
| 1992 | 31 | 2,362 | ▲ 244 |
| 1991 | 26 | 2,606 | ▼ 118 |
| 1990 | 27 | 2,488 | ▲ 296 |
| 1989 | 22 | 2,784 | ▲ 295 |
| 1988 | 17 | 3,079 | ▼ 520 |
| 1987 | 21 | 2,559 | ▼ 686 |
| 1986 | 32 | 1,873 | ▲ 353 |
| 1985 | 24 | 2,226 | ▲ 66 |
| 1984 | 22 | 2,292 | ▲ 201 |
| 1983 | 19 | 2,493 | ▲ 789 |
| 1982 | 13 | 3,282 | ▲ 319 |
| 1981 | 11 | 3,601 | ▲ 14 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,615 | ▼ 718 |
| 1979 | 15 | 2,897 | ▼ 618 |
| 1978 | 20 | 2,279 | ▲ 512 |
| 1977 | 15 | 2,791 | ▲ 304 |
| 1976 | 12 | 3,095 | ▼ 344 |
| 1975 | 14 | 2,751 | ▲ 369 |
| 1974 | 11 | 3,120 | ▼ 715 |
| 1973 | 16 | 2,405 | ▲ 254 |
| 1972 | 13 | 2,659 | ▲ 487 |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,146 | ▼ 255 |
| 1970 | 11 | 2,891 | ▲ 171 |
| 1969 | 9 | 3,062 | ▼ 862 |
| 1968 | 14 | 2,200 | ▲ 1,766 |
| 1967 | 5 | 3,966 | ▼ 1,182 |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,784 | ▲ 1,146 |
| 1965 | 5 | 3,930 | ▼ 880 |
| 1964 | 8 | 3,050 | ▲ 268 |
| 1963 | 7 | 3,318 | ▲ 715 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,033 | ▼ 677 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,356 | ▲ 682 |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,038 | ▼ 419 |
| 1959 | 6 | 3,619 | back (not recorded in 1958) |
| 1957 | 5 | 3,993 | ▼ 51 |
| 1956 | 5 | 3,942 | back (not recorded in 1946–1955) |
| 1945 | 7 | 2,743 | ▼ 276 |
| 1944 | 9 | 2,467 | ▲ 96 |
| 1943 | 9 | 2,563 | ▼ 418 |
| 1942 | 12 | 2,145 | ▼ 62 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2,083 | ▲ 395 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,478 | ▲ 351 |
| 1939 | 7 | 2,829 | ▼ 928 |
| 1938 | 14 | 1,901 | ▲ 91 |
| 1937 | 13 | 1,992 | ▼ 120 |
| 1936 | 14 | 1,872 | back (not recorded in 1935) |
| 1934 | 7 | 2,973 | ▲ 295 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,268 | ▲ 508 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,776 | back (not recorded in 1931) |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,609 | ▼ 292 |
| 1929 | 12 | 2,317 | ▼ 269 |
| 1928 | 15 | 2,048 | ▲ 250 |
| 1927 | 13 | 2,298 | ▼ 832 |
| 1926 | 25 | 1,466 | ▲ 469 |
| 1925 | 17 | 1,935 | ▼ 606 |
| 1924 | 31 | 1,329 | ▲ 367 |
| 1923 | 21 | 1,696 | ▼ 151 |
| 1922 | 24 | 1,545 | ▲ 435 |
| 1921 | 17 | 1,980 | ▼ 14 |
| 1920 | 17 | 1,966 | ▲ 699 |
| 1919 | 10 | 2,665 | ▼ 267 |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,398 | ▲ 25 |
| 1917 | 11 | 2,423 | ▲ 120 |
| 1916 | 10 | 2,543 | ▲ 286 |
| 1915 | 8 | 2,829 | ▲ 86 |
| 1914 | 6 | 2,915 | ▼ 419 |
| 1913 | 6 | 2,496 | new |
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.