Names/J

Jacen

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Jacen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
480.00% of boys
Peak year
2013175 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1970
2,449people given the name
Babies named Jacen, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,449 boys have been named Jacen in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 175 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 47%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Jacen
1970s84
1980s66
1990s184
2000s711
2010s1,156
2020s248

In 2013, its biggest year

Jacen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.

Names that rose and fell with Jacen

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.