Recorded 1882–2025 · United States
Joyce was most popular in 1942, when 16,807 American babies were given the name — ranking #31 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,005, with 233 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 512,232 people named Joyce.
Joyce first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 142 of the 144 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 512,232 American births named Joyce between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 284,338 are estimated to be alive today.
233 American babies were named Joyce in 2025, ranking #2,005 that year.
Joyce is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 255 births a year, against 320 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -20% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Joyce is a girl’s name — 99.4% of the 512,232 Americans given it were girls and 0.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 284,338 Americans named Joyce are alive today — 56% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 75 years old, and half are between 67 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org