Meaning not yet researched.
Joyce: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 226 in 2025. Its best rank was #11 in 1938.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #11 in 1938; #1,074 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Joyce in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,074 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1938, at #11.
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Joyce: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 226 girls in 2025. Peak: #11 in 1938 · most girls in one year: 16,728 (1942).
In 2025, 226 US girls were named Joyce, making it the 1,074th most common girls’ name of the year, down 32 places from #1,042 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 241 girls named Joyce in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #11, reached in 1938. The most girls given the name in a single year was 16,728, in 1942. For comparison, it was #844 in 2015 and #27 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Joyce in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 7 babies. In all, 512,232 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 152,088 babies named Joyce.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,789 US girls were named Joyce; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 385. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,112 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Joyce ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #516 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Joy (143,324 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Joice, Joyice and Joc are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Joy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Joice (557), Joyice (188), Joc (30), Joyace (18), Joce (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 15 | #516 | #557 |
| Kentucky | 7 | #611 | — |
| Iowa | 5 | #619 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #783 | #719 |
| California | 34 | #865 | #504 |
| Florida | 18 | #893 | #884 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #941 | — |
| Georgia | 10 | #946 | #1,117 |
| Indiana | 6 | #975 | #1,002 |
| New York | 14 | #1,055 | #480 |
| Texas | 25 | #1,106 | #802 |
| Arizona | 5 | #1,135 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,270 | #886 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,508 | #1,105 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #1,074 | 7 | #10,164 |
| 2024 | 241 | #1,042 | 11 | #7,493 |
| 2023 | 237 | #1,057 | 6 | #11,495 |
| 2022 | 269 | #984 | — | — |
| 2021 | 274 | #954 | 6 | #11,402 |
| 2020 | 261 | #977 | 5 | #13,009 |
| 2019 | 287 | #925 | 7 | #10,257 |
| 2018 | 284 | #940 | — | — |
| 2017 | 325 | #836 | 6 | #11,448 |
| 2016 | 385 | #738 | 5 | #13,173 |
| 2015 | 332 | #844 | 8 | #9,143 |
| 2014 | 353 | #796 | 7 | #10,158 |
| 2013 | 328 | #820 | 5 | #13,054 |
| 2012 | 298 | #890 | 6 | #11,495 |
| 2011 | 264 | #972 | — | — |
| 2010 | 303 | #877 | — | — |
| 2009 | 287 | #932 | — | — |
| 2008 | 318 | #876 | — | — |
| 2007 | 342 | #838 | 5 | #13,346 |
| 2006 | 325 | #831 | — | — |
| 2005 | 324 | #799 | — | — |
| 2004 | 345 | #758 | 6 | #10,633 |
| 2003 | 345 | #741 | — | — |
| 2002 | 358 | #700 | — | — |
| 2001 | 370 | #675 | — | — |
| 2000 | 362 | #668 | 5 | #11,257 |
| 1999 | 337 | #676 | — | — |
| 1998 | 332 | #685 | — | — |
| 1997 | 331 | #664 | — | — |
| 1996 | 343 | #651 | 7 | #7,535 |
| 1995 | 372 | #605 | 5 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 373 | #602 | — | — |
| 1993 | 423 | #563 | 6 | #8,128 |
| 1992 | 441 | #535 | — | — |
| 1991 | 446 | #522 | — | — |
| 1990 | 512 | #479 | 5 | #8,779 |
| 1989 | 489 | #482 | 11 | #4,656 |
| 1988 | 475 | #481 | — | — |
| 1987 | 561 | #406 | 8 | #5,205 |
| 1986 | 537 | #411 | 14 | #3,347 |
| 1985 | 537 | #416 | 5 | #7,054 |
| 1984 | 593 | #382 | — | — |
| 1983 | 635 | #358 | — | — |
| 1982 | 663 | #354 | — | — |
| 1981 | 687 | #341 | 7 | #5,199 |
| 1980 | 731 | #330 | 8 | #4,720 |
| 1979 | 737 | #320 | — | — |
| 1978 | 776 | #298 | — | — |
| 1977 | 846 | #283 | 7 | #4,849 |
| 1976 | 947 | #248 | — | — |
| 1975 | 1,126 | #219 | — | — |
| 1974 | 1,263 | #201 | — | — |
| 1973 | 1,226 | #209 | 7 | #4,284 |
| 1972 | 1,348 | #206 | 9 | #3,478 |
| 1971 | 1,693 | #182 | 14 | #2,627 |
| 1970 | 2,030 | #164 | 13 | #2,679 |
| 1969 | 2,227 | #148 | 12 | #2,616 |
| 1968 | 2,496 | #128 | 17 | #1,992 |
| 1967 | 2,945 | #116 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1966 | 3,399 | #100 | 10 | #2,712 |
| 1965 | 4,128 | #90 | 14 | #2,220 |
| 1964 | 4,859 | #87 | 14 | #2,259 |
| 1963 | 5,222 | #84 | 19 | #1,865 |
| 1962 | 6,096 | #74 | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1961 | 6,996 | #62 | 24 | #1,668 |
| 1960 | 7,757 | #58 | 26 | #1,605 |
| 1959 | 8,520 | #50 | 31 | #1,425 |
| 1958 | 9,034 | #46 | 27 | #1,521 |
| 1957 | 10,155 | #40 | 35 | #1,333 |
| 1956 | 11,091 | #30 | 30 | #1,430 |
| 1955 | 11,287 | #29 | 26 | #1,521 |
| 1954 | 12,088 | #28 | 32 | #1,349 |
| 1953 | 12,796 | #26 | 27 | #1,464 |
| 1952 | 13,126 | #27 | 36 | #1,232 |
| 1951 | 13,472 | #28 | 33 | #1,284 |
| 1950 | 13,415 | #27 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1949 | 13,572 | #26 | 38 | #1,154 |
| 1948 | 14,380 | #21 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1947 | 15,915 | #20 | 46 | #1,075 |
| 1946 | 15,209 | #20 | 56 | #882 |
| 1945 | 13,950 | #18 | 46 | #957 |
| 1944 | 14,770 | #18 | 64 | #785 |
| 1943 | 16,485 | #16 | 81 | #716 |
| 1942 | 16,728 | #13 | 79 | #725 |
| 1941 | 15,684 | #13 | 66 | #768 |
| 1940 | 14,801 | #13 | 83 | #669 |
| 1939 | 13,394 | #12 | 62 | #773 |
| 1938 | 12,698 | #11 | 72 | #722 |
| 1937 | 11,808 | #11 | 86 | #635 |
| 1936 | 11,988 | #12 | 72 | #704 |
| 1935 | 11,368 | #12 | 86 | #634 |
| 1934 | 11,459 | #12 | 69 | #736 |
| 1933 | 11,191 | #12 | 59 | #804 |
| 1932 | 11,362 | #12 | 91 | #625 |
| 1931 | 10,580 | #15 | 84 | #654 |
| 1930 | 9,658 | #18 | 76 | #727 |
| 1929 | 8,596 | #23 | 76 | #717 |
| 1928 | 7,244 | #30 | 67 | #802 |
| 1927 | 6,684 | #35 | 78 | #743 |
| 1926 | 5,704 | #44 | 54 | #924 |
| 1925 | 4,364 | #59 | 43 | #1,061 |
| 1924 | 3,533 | #83 | 51 | #989 |
| 1923 | 2,670 | #104 | 39 | #1,148 |
| 1922 | 2,016 | #126 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1921 | 1,840 | #137 | 53 | #963 |
| 1920 | 1,523 | #153 | 62 | #870 |
| 1919 | 1,255 | #173 | 46 | #1,005 |
| 1918 | 1,261 | #170 | 46 | #991 |
| 1917 | 1,017 | #185 | 44 | #991 |
| 1916 | 746 | #221 | 36 | #1,086 |
| 1915 | 640 | #238 | 37 | #1,061 |
| 1914 | 456 | #248 | 18 | #1,465 |
| 1913 | 273 | #290 | 11 | #1,743 |
| 1912 | 222 | #305 | 14 | #1,316 |
| 1911 | 136 | #339 | 7 | #1,471 |
| 1910 | 135 | #338 | — | — |
| 1909 | 96 | #378 | — | — |
| 1908 | 105 | #350 | 5 | #1,505 |
| 1907 | 80 | #396 | 6 | #1,265 |
| 1906 | 77 | #393 | — | — |
| 1905 | 79 | #382 | 7 | #1,037 |
| 1904 | 56 | #430 | — | — |
| 1903 | 73 | #374 | — | — |
| 1902 | 69 | #379 | — | — |
| 1901 | 43 | #454 | — | — |
| 1900 | 59 | #435 | 5 | #1,410 |
| 1899 | 45 | #435 | — | — |
| 1898 | 40 | #488 | — | — |
| 1897 | 27 | #589 | — | — |
| 1896 | 37 | #481 | — | — |
| 1895 | 29 | #553 | — | — |
| 1894 | 22 | #635 | — | — |
| 1893 | 20 | #651 | — | — |
| 1892 | 14 | #814 | — | — |
| 1891 | 17 | #652 | — | — |
| 1890 | 17 | #657 | — | — |
| 1889 | 12 | #774 | — | — |
| 1888 | 11 | #816 | — | — |
| 1887 | 7 | #990 | — | — |
| 1885 | 7 | #875 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #869 | — | — |
| 1882 | 7 | #773 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).