Is Joyce a boy or girl name?
Joyce is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 240 girls and 11 boys were named Joyce, so 95.6% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.4% of the 511,995 US babies named Joyce were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #7,457
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,042
- Babies named Joyce since 1882
- 511,995
- Most popular year
- 1942
- 16,807 babies
Boys and girls named Joyce, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 50 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 268 | 100% |
| 1900s | 23 | 737 | 97% |
| 1910s | 259 | 6,141 | 96% |
| 1920s | 563 | 44,174 | 98.7% |
| 1930s | 757 | 115,505 | 99.3% |
| 1940s | 594 | 151,493 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 305 | 114,983 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 178 | 46,126 | 99.6% |
| 1970s | 50 | 11,995 | 99.6% |
| 1980s | 53 | 5,908 | 99.1% |
| 1990s | 23 | 3,910 | 99.4% |
| 2000s | 16 | 3,376 | 99.5% |
| 2010s | 44 | 3,159 | 98.6% |
| 2020s | 28 | 1,277 | 97.9% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #7,457 | 240 | #1,042 |
| 2023 | 6 | #11,482 | 236 | #1,061 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 268 | #987 |
| 2021 | 6 | #11,393 | 273 | #955 |
| 2020 | 5 | #13,004 | 260 | #980 |
| 2019 | 7 | #10,254 | 287 | #925 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 284 | #940 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,447 | 325 | #836 |
| 2016 | 5 | #13,170 | 385 | #738 |
| 2015 | 8 | #9,143 | 332 | #844 |
| 2014 | 7 | #10,155 | 353 | #796 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,053 | 328 | #820 |
| 2012 | 6 | #11,494 | 298 | #890 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 264 | #972 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 303 | #877 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 287 | #932 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 318 | #876 |
| 2007 | 5 | #13,345 | 342 | #838 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 325 | #831 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 324 | #799 |
| 2004 | 6 | #10,632 | 345 | #758 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 345 | #741 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 358 | #700 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 370 | #675 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,256 | 362 | #668 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 337 | #676 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 332 | #685 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 331 | #664 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,536 | 343 | #651 |
| 1995 | 5 | #9,547 | 371 | #605 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 374 | #601 |
| 1993 | 6 | #8,128 | 423 | #563 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 441 | #535 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 446 | #522 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,776 | 512 | #479 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,655 | 489 | #482 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 475 | #481 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,204 | 561 | #406 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,347 | 537 | #411 |
| 1985 | 5 | #7,055 | 537 | #416 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 593 | #382 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 635 | #358 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 663 | #354 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,198 | 687 | #341 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,721 | 731 | #330 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 738 | #320 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 776 | #298 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,848 | 847 | #282 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 947 | #248 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 1,126 | #219 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 1,263 | #201 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,285 | 1,226 | #209 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,477 | 1,349 | #206 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,626 | 1,693 | #182 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,679 | 2,030 | #164 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,616 | 2,227 | #148 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,991 | 2,496 | #128 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,084 | 2,945 | #116 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,711 | 3,399 | #101 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,219 | 4,128 | #90 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,259 | 4,861 | #87 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,865 | 5,221 | #84 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,532 | 6,096 | #74 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,668 | 6,996 | #62 |
| 1960 | 26 | #1,606 | 7,757 | #58 |
| 1959 | 31 | #1,425 | 8,520 | #50 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,521 | 9,032 | #46 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,333 | 10,157 | #40 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,431 | 11,091 | #30 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,521 | 11,285 | #29 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,349 | 12,088 | #28 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,464 | 12,797 | #26 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,232 | 13,125 | #27 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,285 | 13,472 | #28 |
| 1950 | 28 | #1,380 | 13,416 | #27 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,154 | 13,572 | #26 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,223 | 14,381 | #21 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,075 | 15,914 | #20 |
| 1946 | 56 | #882 | 15,209 | #20 |
| 1945 | 46 | #957 | 13,950 | #18 |
| 1944 | 64 | #785 | 14,768 | #18 |
| 1943 | 81 | #716 | 16,486 | #16 |
| 1942 | 79 | #725 | 16,728 | #13 |
| 1941 | 66 | #768 | 15,683 | #13 |
| 1940 | 83 | #669 | 14,802 | #13 |
| 1939 | 62 | #773 | 13,393 | #12 |
| 1938 | 72 | #722 | 12,697 | #11 |
| 1937 | 86 | #634 | 11,809 | #11 |
| 1936 | 72 | #704 | 11,988 | #12 |
| 1935 | 86 | #634 | 11,368 | #12 |
| 1934 | 69 | #736 | 11,459 | #12 |
| 1933 | 59 | #804 | 11,191 | #12 |
| 1932 | 91 | #625 | 11,362 | #12 |
| 1931 | 84 | #654 | 10,580 | #15 |
| 1930 | 76 | #727 | 9,658 | #18 |
| 1929 | 76 | #717 | 8,596 | #23 |
| 1928 | 67 | #802 | 7,244 | #30 |
| 1927 | 78 | #743 | 6,684 | #35 |
| 1926 | 54 | #924 | 5,704 | #44 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,061 | 4,364 | #59 |
| 1924 | 51 | #989 | 3,533 | #83 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,149 | 2,670 | #104 |
| 1922 | 40 | #1,128 | 2,016 | #126 |
| 1921 | 53 | #963 | 1,840 | #137 |
| 1920 | 62 | #870 | 1,523 | #153 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,005 | 1,255 | #173 |
| 1918 | 46 | #991 | 1,261 | #170 |
| 1917 | 44 | #991 | 1,017 | #185 |
| 1916 | 36 | #1,086 | 746 | #221 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,061 | 640 | #238 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,465 | 456 | #248 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,743 | 273 | #290 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,316 | 222 | #305 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,471 | 136 | #339 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 135 | #338 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 96 | #378 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,505 | 105 | #350 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,265 | 80 | #396 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 77 | #393 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,037 | 79 | #382 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 56 | #430 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 73 | #374 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 69 | #379 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 43 | #454 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,410 | 59 | #435 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 45 | #435 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 40 | #488 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 27 | #589 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 37 | #481 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 29 | #553 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 22 | #635 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 20 | #651 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 14 | #814 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 17 | #652 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 17 | #657 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 12 | #774 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 11 | #816 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 7 | #990 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 7 | #875 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 6 | #869 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 7 | #773 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Joyce reached #625 in 1932. As a girl name, it reached #11 in 1937. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Joyce
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.