The name Joyce is of Old French origin, and means joyous.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joyce has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Joyce
Use of the Name Joyce for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
502,818
119,773
11,572
3,477
1,763
682
338
The table below indicates the number of times the name Joyce has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Joyce first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1882, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Joyce
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1882
773
7
1883
869
6
1884
1885
876
7
1886
1887
990
7
1888
770
12
1889
774
12
1890
658
17
1891
652
17
1892
813
14
1893
651
20
1894
636
22
1895
553
29
1896
483
37
1897
589
27
1898
488
40
1899
435
45
1900
429
61
1901
454
43
1902
379
69
1903
378
72
1904
431
56
1905
377
81
1906
390
78
1907
396
80
1908
349
105
1909
378
96
1910
335
135
1911
341
135
1912
306
221
1913
284
274
1914
247
456
1915
238
641
1916
221
746
1917
186
1,016
1000
43
1918
170
1,261
982
47
1919
173
1,259
1920
153
1,523
884
61
1921
137
1,844
963
53
1922
126
2,017
1923
103
2,674
1924
83
3,530
989
51
1925
59
4,363
1926
44
5,697
910
55
1927
35
6,690
746
78
1928
30
7,253
809
66
1929
23
8,581
711
77
1930
18
9,644
726
76
1931
15
10,566
651
84
1932
12
11,362
630
90
1933
12
11,182
803
59
1934
12
11,463
735
69
1935
12
11,353
634
86
1936
12
11,985
702
72
1937
11
11,816
632
86
1938
11
12,688
722
72
1939
12
13,391
775
62
1940
13
14,810
665
83
1941
13
15,661
771
65
1942
13
16,744
718
80
1943
16
16,443
709
81
1944
18
14,766
785
64
1945
18
13,934
962
45
1946
20
15,179
871
57
1947
20
15,901
1948
21
14,363
1949
26
13,558
1950
27
13,418
1951
28
13,439
1952
27
13,125
1953
26
12,791
1954
28
12,087
1955
29
11,269
1956
30
11,092
1957
40
10,145
1958
46
9,025
1959
50
8,512
1960
58
7,742
1961
62
6,998
1962
74
6,096
1963
83
5,227
1964
87
4,865
1965
89
4,128
1966
100
3,403
1967
116
2,942
1968
128
2,499
1969
146
2,237
1970
164
2,035
1971
183
1,695
1972
206
1,355
1973
209
1,230
1974
200
1,273
1975
219
1,127
1976
248
947
1977
284
845
1978
299
774
1979
320
740
1980
330
729
1981
340
689
1982
356
659
1983
359
635
1984
381
593
1985
416
537
1986
411
535
1987
406
560
1988
478
476
1989
481
492
1990
479
510
1991
527
444
1992
539
437
1993
561
425
1994
601
374
1995
605
371
1996
651
344
1997
663
331
1998
685
332
1999
677
336
2000
669
361
2001
678
367
2002
705
353
2003
736
344
2004
758
338
Totals:
502,818
1,762
During the last 125 years, parents have used Joyce as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Joyce appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 121 times during the last 125 years.