How popular is the name Joyce?

Joyce ranks 74th among girls' names in US records, with 513,444 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,932.

Is Joyce a unisex name?

No. Joyce is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1942, when 16,752 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#74 of girl names

Pronounced JH OY1 S (ARPABET)

Joyce is a girls' name, and first appears in 1882. It has been given to 513,444 children — the 74th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1942, when 16,752 children were given it.

1942Girls: 16,752Boys: 79

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Joyce?: Joyce ranks 74th among girls' names in US records, with 513,444 births since 1882. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,932.
Is Joyce a unisex name?: No. Joyce is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Joyce most popular?: 1942, when 16,752 children were given the name. It has been in use for 143 years and is still recorded as of 2024.