NameTides

Joyce

Joyce was the #1,071 girls' name in the US in 2025 (226 babies), and #1,407 in England & Wales and #742 in Canada.

Joyce as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Joyce as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandUSEngland & Wales
Joyce as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,071 (226)#1,407 (22)—#885 (3)#742 (40)
2024#1,041 (241)#1,895 (15)——#678 (43)
2023#1,055 (237)#2,063 (13)——#729 (38)
2022#984 (269)#1,452 (21)—#502 (7)#517 (56)
2021#954 (274)#1,785 (16)#652 (4)—#590 (51)
2020#976 (261)#2,042 (13)—#834 (3)#596 (48)
2019#922 (287)#1,940 (14)—#716 (4)#573 (54)
2018#939 (284)#1,526 (20)——#564 (55)
2017#836 (325)#1,082 (32)——#627 (48)
2016#738 (385)#975 (37)—#476 (8)#554 (56)
2015#844 (332)#1,362 (24)#806 (3)—#513 (60)
2014#794 (353)#1,094 (32)—#876 (3)#510 (62)
2013#820 (328)#925 (40)—#660 (5)#479 (65)
2012#887 (298)#1,150 (29)—#768 (4)#526 (57)
2011#970 (264)#804 (46)—#612 (6)#595 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1941 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Joyce is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,100 to 1 in 7,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Joyce by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #855CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,087TXFlorida: #864FL
Joyce (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#41112
Ontario2024#78315

Joyce (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
JoyceCanadaGirls#74240
JoyceEngland & WalesGirls#1,40722
JoyceIrelandGirls#8853
JoyceNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JoyceScotlandGirls—too few
JoyceUSGirls#1,071226
JoyceUSBoys#9,7147