How Many People Are Named Boyce?
people named Boyce are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,335 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,576 babies named Boyce in Social Security records from 1885 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
126 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from Old French bois "wood".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Boyce, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Boyce alive today is about 58 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Boyce first appears in the records in 1885 and was given most often in 1938, to 126 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1885 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Boyce has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #529, in 1938. In 2025 it ranked #9,034.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,034 |
| Best rank | #529 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #575 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Boyce alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Boyce were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 283 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Boyce was given 12 times as often in South Carolina, 9.6 times in North Carolina and 8.3 times in Arkansas.
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