How Many People Are Named Joyce?
people named Joyce are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,221 people in the US has this name
Based on 512,232 babies named Joyce in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
โญ Uncommon
Peak Year
16,807 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the medieval masculine name Josse, which was derived from the earlier Iudocus, which was a Latinized form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name belonged to a 7th-century Breton saint, and Breton settlers introduced it to England after the Norman conquest. It became rare after the 14th century, but was later revived as a feminine name, perhaps because of similarity to the Middle English word joise "to rejoice". This given name also formed the basis for a surname, as in the case of the Irish novelist James Joyce (1882-1941).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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โง Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Joyce (99.7%) were girls.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Joyce alive today is about 71 years old, and 86% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 81 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Joyce first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1942, to 16,807 babies. In 2025, 233 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Joyce never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #11, in 1937 to 1938, and it was in the top 100 for 43 years, 1924 to 1966. In 2025 it ranked #1,074.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,074 |
| Best rank | #11 (1937 to 1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | 43 (1924 to 1966) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #19 in the 1940s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Joyce alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Joyce were born in New York than in any other state: about 19,855 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Joyce was given 1.5 times as often in Vermont, 1.4 times in Virginia and 1.3 times in Kentucky.
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