Joyce was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #11 in 1937 but is far less common today.
Joyce is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,074 among girls (226) and #10,164 among boys (7) — overall #2,010 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 233 | 238 | #1,074 | #10,164 |
| 2024 | 252 | 252 | #1,042 | #7,493 |
| 2023 | 243 | 250 | #1,057 | #11,495 |
| 2022 | 269 | 269 | #984 | — |
| 2021 | 280 | 280 | #954 | #11,402 |
| 2020 | 266 | 266 | #977 | #13,009 |
| 2019 | 294 | 306 | #925 | #10,257 |
| 2018 | 284 | 290 | #940 | — |
| 2017 | 331 | 331 | #836 | #11,448 |
| 2016 | 390 | 398 | #738 | #13,173 |
| 2015 | 340 | 340 | #844 | #9,143 |
| 2014 | 360 | 369 | #796 | #10,158 |
| 2013 | 333 | 342 | #820 | #13,054 |
| 2012 | 304 | 315 | #890 | #11,495 |
| 2011 | 264 | 286 | #972 | — |
| 2010 | 303 | 321 | #877 | — |
| 2009 | 287 | 306 | #932 | — |
| 2008 | 318 | 343 | #876 | — |
| 2007 | 347 | 364 | #838 | #13,346 |
| 2006 | 325 | 369 | #831 | — |
| 2005 | 324 | 362 | #799 | — |
| 2004 | 351 | 393 | #758 | #10,633 |
| 2003 | 345 | 412 | #741 | — |
| 2002 | 358 | 423 | #700 | — |
| 2001 | 370 | 452 | #675 | — |
| 2000 | 367 | 469 | #668 | #11,257 |
| 1999 | 337 | 454 | #676 | — |
| 1998 | 332 | 504 | #685 | — |
| 1997 | 331 | — | #664 | — |
| 1996 | 350 | — | #651 | #7,535 |
| 1995 | 377 | — | #605 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 373 | — | #602 | — |
| 1993 | 429 | — | #563 | #8,128 |
| 1992 | 441 | — | #535 | — |
| 1991 | 446 | — | #522 | — |
| 1990 | 517 | — | #479 | #8,779 |
| 1989 | 500 | — | #482 | #4,656 |
| 1988 | 475 | — | #481 | — |
| 1987 | 569 | — | #406 | #5,205 |
| 1986 | 551 | — | #411 | #3,347 |
| 1985 | 542 | — | #416 | #7,054 |
| 1984 | 593 | — | #382 | — |
| 1983 | 635 | — | #358 | — |
| 1982 | 663 | — | #354 | — |
| 1981 | 694 | — | #341 | #5,199 |
| 1980 | 739 | — | #330 | #4,720 |
| 1979 | 737 | — | #320 | — |
| 1978 | 776 | — | #298 | — |
| 1977 | 853 | — | #283 | #4,849 |
| 1976 | 947 | — | #248 | — |
| 1975 | 1,126 | — | #219 | — |
| 1974 | 1,263 | — | #201 | — |
| 1973 | 1,233 | — | #209 | #4,284 |
| 1972 | 1,357 | — | #206 | #3,478 |
| 1971 | 1,707 | — | #182 | #2,627 |
| 1970 | 2,043 | — | #164 | #2,679 |
| 1969 | 2,239 | — | #148 | #2,616 |
| 1968 | 2,513 | — | #128 | #1,992 |
| 1967 | 2,960 | — | #116 | #2,083 |
| 1966 | 3,409 | — | #100 | #2,712 |
| 1965 | 4,142 | — | #90 | #2,220 |
| 1964 | 4,873 | — | #87 | #2,259 |
| 1963 | 5,241 | — | #84 | #1,865 |
| 1962 | 6,123 | — | #74 | #1,532 |
| 1961 | 7,020 | — | #62 | #1,668 |
| 1960 | 7,783 | — | #58 | #1,605 |
| 1959 | 8,551 | — | #50 | #1,425 |
| 1958 | 9,061 | — | #46 | #1,521 |
| 1957 | 10,190 | — | #40 | #1,333 |
| 1956 | 11,121 | — | #30 | #1,430 |
| 1955 | 11,313 | — | #29 | #1,521 |
| 1954 | 12,120 | — | #28 | #1,349 |
| 1953 | 12,823 | — | #26 | #1,464 |
| 1952 | 13,162 | — | #27 | #1,232 |
| 1951 | 13,505 | — | #28 | #1,284 |
| 1950 | 13,443 | — | #27 | #1,379 |
| 1949 | 13,610 | — | #26 | #1,154 |
| 1948 | 14,415 | — | #21 | #1,223 |
| 1947 | 15,961 | — | #20 | #1,075 |
| 1946 | 15,265 | — | #20 | #882 |
| 1945 | 13,996 | — | #18 | #957 |
| 1944 | 14,834 | — | #18 | #785 |
| 1943 | 16,566 | — | #16 | #716 |
| 1942 | 16,807 | — | #13 | #725 |
| 1941 | 15,750 | — | #13 | #768 |
| 1940 | 14,884 | — | #13 | #669 |
| 1939 | 13,456 | — | #12 | #773 |
| 1938 | 12,770 | — | #11 | #722 |
| 1937 | 11,894 | — | #11 | #635 |
| 1936 | 12,060 | — | #12 | #704 |
| 1935 | 11,454 | — | #12 | #634 |
| 1934 | 11,528 | — | #12 | #736 |
| 1933 | 11,250 | — | #12 | #804 |
| 1932 | 11,453 | — | #12 | #625 |
| 1931 | 10,664 | — | #15 | #654 |
| 1930 | 9,734 | — | #18 | #727 |
| 1929 | 8,672 | — | #23 | #717 |
| 1928 | 7,311 | — | #30 | #802 |
| 1927 | 6,762 | — | #35 | #743 |
| 1926 | 5,758 | — | #44 | #924 |
| 1925 | 4,407 | — | #59 | #1,061 |
| 1924 | 3,584 | — | #83 | #989 |
| 1923 | 2,709 | — | #104 | #1,148 |
| 1922 | 2,056 | — | #126 | #1,128 |
| 1921 | 1,893 | — | #137 | #963 |
| 1920 | 1,585 | — | #153 | #870 |
| 1919 | 1,301 | — | #173 | #1,005 |
| 1918 | 1,307 | — | #170 | #991 |
| 1917 | 1,061 | — | #185 | #991 |
| 1916 | 782 | — | #221 | #1,086 |
| 1915 | 677 | — | #238 | #1,061 |
| 1914 | 474 | — | #248 | #1,465 |
| 1913 | 284 | — | #290 | #1,743 |
| 1912 | 236 | — | #305 | #1,316 |
| 1911 | 143 | — | #339 | #1,471 |
| 1910 | 135 | — | #338 | — |
| 1909 | 96 | — | #378 | — |
| 1908 | 110 | — | #350 | #1,505 |
| 1907 | 86 | — | #396 | #1,265 |
| 1906 | 77 | — | #393 | — |
| 1905 | 86 | — | #382 | #1,037 |
| 1904 | 56 | — | #430 | — |
| 1903 | 73 | — | #374 | — |
| 1902 | 69 | — | #379 | — |
| 1901 | 43 | — | #454 | — |
| 1900 | 64 | — | #435 | #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 | — |