Jase

Historically a phonetic clipping of Jason, which traces back to the Greek Iason, meaning healer. For decades it appeared only as a sporadic informal nickname in school yearbooks. It entered the national charts as an independent birth certificate choice in the late twentieth century before spiking dramatically in the 2010s.

The name reads as modern, outdoorsy, and firmly rooted in the 2010s middle-school ecosystem. It suggests a baseball cap worn backwards and a scooter left in the driveway. The average bearer is thirteen years old. Most people hearing it expect someone who has never touched a landline phone.