Joyce Name Popularity

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How popular is Joyce?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Joyce, ranked the 947th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Joyce has been a top 1000 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #11 was reached for the first time in 1937 and as recently as 1938.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1942 with 16,727 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Joyce in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 1886.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Joyce occurred roughly during the years 1887-1890, 1891-1896, 1897-1900, 1904-1932, and 1935-1942, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1951-1977, and 2016-2017.

Sometimes the name Joyce has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Joyce has remained mostly unchanged in popularity. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Joyce has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Joyce?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

The name Joyce is used by only a select few and has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Joyce is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Joyce (Girl)		Joyce (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		278	947	< 5	--
2017		325	834	6	11,423
2016		385	737	5	13,138
2015		332	843	8	9,126
2014		352	797	7	10,138
2013		328	819	5	13,030
2012		296	890	6	11,476
2011		263	976	< 5	--
2010		303	874	< 5	--
2009		287	932	< 5	--
2008		318	876	< 5	--
2007		341	838	5	13,341
2006		325	830	< 5	--
2005		324	799	< 5	--
2004		344	758	6	10,625
2003		345	740	< 5	--
2002		358	700	< 5	--
2001		369	677	< 5	--
2000		362	668	5	11,256
1999		337	676	< 5	--
1998		332	685	< 5	--
1997		331	664	< 5	--
1996		343	651	7	7,535
1995		371	605	5	9,548
1994		374	601	< 5	--
1993		423	563	6	8,126
1992		440	536	< 5	--
1991		445	525	< 5	--
1990		512	478	5	8,769
1989		490	481	11	4,654
1988		475	481	< 5	--
1987		561	406	8	5,200
1986		537	410	14	3,346
1985		537	416	5	7,051
1984		593	382	< 5	--
1983		636	357	< 5	--
1982		662	354	< 5	--
1981		687	341	7	5,196
1980		730	330	8	4,719
1979		739	320	< 5	--
1978		775	298	5	6,279
1977		847	282	7	4,847
1976		948	248	< 5	--
1975		1,126	219	< 5	--
1974		1,263	201	< 5	--
1973		1,226	209	7	4,283
1972		1,351	206	9	3,473
1971		1,691	183	14	2,624
1970		2,031	164	13	2,678
1969		2,229	148	12	2,619
1968		2,496	128	17	1,994
1967		2,943	116	15	2,085
1966		3,396	101	10	2,707
1965		4,130	89	14	2,218
1964		4,860	87	14	2,257
1963		5,224	84	19	1,865
1962		6,093	74	27	1,530
1961		7,001	62	24	1,666
1960		7,754	58	26	1,606
1959		8,513	50	31	1,424
1958		9,031	46	27	1,520
1957		10,150	40	35	1,332
1956		11,092	30	30	1,432
1955		11,277	29	26	1,522
1954		12,088	28	32	1,349
1953		12,798	26	27	1,464
1952		13,126	27	36	1,233
1951		13,471	28	33	1,286
1950		13,416	27	28	1,380
1949		13,571	26	38	1,154
1948		14,381	21	35	1,224
1947		15,909	20	45	1,087
1946		15,211	20	57	873
1945		13,951	18	46	957
1944		14,769	18	64	785
1943		16,485	16	81	716
1942		16,727	13	79	725
1941		15,681	13	66	768
1940		14,802	13	83	669
1939		13,394	12	62	773
1938		12,693	11	72	723
1937		11,809	11	86	634
1936		11,989	12	72	704
1935		11,368	12	86	633
1934		11,458	12	69	736
1933		11,192	12	59	804
1932		11,362	12	91	625
1931		10,580	15	84	653
1930		9,659	18	76	727
1929		8,597	23	76	719
1928		7,243	30	67	801
1927		6,685	35	78	743
1926		5,704	44	54	924
1925		4,365	59	43	1,061
1924		3,532	83	51	989
1923		2,670	104	39	1,149
1922		2,016	126	40	1,128
1921		1,840	137	53	963
1920		1,523	153	62	870
1919		1,255	173	46	1,005
1918		1,261	170	46	991
1917		1,017	185	44	991
1916		746	221	36	1,086
1915		640	238	37	1,061
1914		456	248	18	1,465
1913		273	290	11	1,743
1912		222	305	14	1,316
1911		136	339	7	1,471
1910		135	338	< 5	--
1909		96	378	< 5	--
1908		105	350	5	1,505
1907		80	396	6	1,265
1906		77	393	< 5	--
1905		80	379	7	1,037
1904		56	430	< 5	--
1903		73	374	< 5	--
1902		69	379	< 5	--
1901		43	454	< 5	--
1900		59	435	5	1,410
1899		45	435	< 5	--
1898		40	488	< 5	--
1897		27	589	< 5	--
1896		37	481	< 5	--
1895		29	553	< 5	--
1894		22	635	< 5	--
1893		20	651	< 5	--
1892		14	814	< 5	--
1891		17	652	< 5	--
1890		17	657	< 5	--
1889		12	774	< 5	--
1888		11	816	< 5	--
1887		7	990	< 5	--
1886		< 5	--	< 5	--
1885		7	875	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	< 5	--
1883		6	869	< 5	--
1882		7	773	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.