Joyce
Girl · JOYSS · Celtic
Joyce is a girls' name of Celtic origin, meaning “lord”. In 2025 it ranked 1,460th for girls in the UK (22 babies) and 1,071st for girls in the US (226 babies).
What does Joyce mean?
Celtic: from Breton Iodoc, via Norman French
“lord”
Originally a medieval boy's name from Saint Judoc (Josse), a 7th-century Breton hermit; also famous as the surname of writer James Joyce.
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- JOYSS
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Is Joyce a girl's or a boy's name?
Joyce is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the UK and 226 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Joyce in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,460among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the UK were named Joyce, making it the 1,460th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Joyce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,407th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#49), 1924 (#4), 1934 (#12), 1944 (#33) and 1954 (#72).
Joyce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,460 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 33 | #1,131 |
| 2013 | 41 | #967 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 40 | #936 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 43 | #818 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 38 | #794 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 33 | #812 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 23 | #995 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Joyce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,071among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 226about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 226 girls in the US were named Joyce, making it the 1,071st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 976th. Its busiest year was 1942, with 16,728 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882. 7 boys were also named Joyce in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Joyce than any year since 1912.
Half of all the girls named Joyce in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Joyce in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 226 | #1,071 |
| 2024 | 241 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 237 | #1,055 |
| 2022 | 269 | #984 |
| 2021 | 274 | #954 |
| 2020 | 261 | #976 |
| 2019 | 287 | #922 |
| 2018 | 284 | #939 |
| 2017 | 325 | #836 |
| 2016 | 385 | #738 |
| 2015 | 332 | #844 |
| 2014 | 353 | #794 |
| 2013 | 328 | #820 |
| 2012 | 298 | #887 |
| 2011 | 264 | #970 |
| 2010 | 303 | #877 |
| 2009 | 287 | #930 |
| 2008 | 318 | #875 |
| 2007 | 342 | #838 |
| 2006 | 325 | #830 |
| 2005 | 324 | #799 |
| 2004 | 345 | #758 |
| 2003 | 345 | #738 |
| 2002 | 358 | #700 |
| 2001 | 370 | #675 |
| 2000 | 362 | #667 |
| 1999 | 337 | #674 |
| 1998 | 332 | #685 |
| 1997 | 331 | #664 |
| 1996 | 343 | #650 |
| 1995 | 372 | #603 |
| 1994 | 373 | #602 |
| 1993 | 423 | #563 |
| 1992 | 441 | #534 |
| 1991 | 446 | #521 |
| 1990 | 512 | #478 |
| 1989 | 489 | #482 |
| 1988 | 475 | #479 |
| 1987 | 561 | #405 |
| 1986 | 537 | #410 |
| 1985 | 537 | #416 |
| 1984 | 593 | #382 |
| 1983 | 635 | #358 |
| 1982 | 663 | #354 |
| 1981 | 687 | #340 |
| 1980 | 731 | #330 |
| 1979 | 737 | #320 |
| 1978 | 776 | #298 |
| 1977 | 846 | #283 |
| 1976 | 947 | #248 |
| 1975 | 1,126 | #219 |
| 1974 | 1,263 | #201 |
| 1973 | 1,226 | #209 |
| 1972 | 1,348 | #206 |
| 1971 | 1,693 | #182 |
| 1970 | 2,030 | #164 |
| 1969 | 2,227 | #148 |
| 1968 | 2,496 | #128 |
| 1967 | 2,945 | #116 |
| 1966 | 3,399 | #100 |
| 1965 | 4,128 | #90 |
| 1964 | 4,859 | #87 |
| 1963 | 5,222 | #84 |
| 1962 | 6,096 | #74 |
| 1961 | 6,996 | #62 |
| 1960 | 7,757 | #58 |
| 1959 | 8,520 | #50 |
| 1958 | 9,034 | #46 |
| 1957 | 10,155 | #40 |
| 1956 | 11,091 | #30 |
| 1955 | 11,287 | #29 |
| 1954 | 12,088 | #28 |
| 1953 | 12,796 | #26 |
| 1952 | 13,126 | #27 |
| 1951 | 13,472 | #28 |
| 1950 | 13,415 | #27 |
| 1949 | 13,572 | #26 |
| 1948 | 14,380 | #21 |
| 1947 | 15,915 | #20 |
| 1946 | 15,209 | #20 |
| 1945 | 13,950 | #18 |
| 1944 | 14,770 | #18 |
| 1943 | 16,485 | #16 |
| 1942 | 16,728 | #13 |
| 1941 | 15,684 | #13 |
| 1940 | 14,801 | #13 |
| 1939 | 13,394 | #12 |
| 1938 | 12,698 | #11 |
| 1937 | 11,808 | #11 |
| 1936 | 11,988 | #12 |
| 1935 | 11,368 | #12 |
| 1934 | 11,459 | #12 |
| 1933 | 11,191 | #12 |
| 1932 | 11,362 | #12 |
| 1931 | 10,580 | #15 |
| 1930 | 9,658 | #18 |
| 1929 | 8,596 | #23 |
| 1928 | 7,244 | #30 |
| 1927 | 6,684 | #35 |
| 1926 | 5,704 | #44 |
| 1925 | 4,364 | #59 |
| 1924 | 3,533 | #83 |
| 1923 | 2,670 | #104 |
| 1922 | 2,016 | #126 |
| 1921 | 1,840 | #137 |
| 1920 | 1,523 | #153 |
| 1919 | 1,255 | #173 |
| 1918 | 1,261 | #170 |
| 1917 | 1,017 | #185 |
| 1916 | 746 | #221 |
| 1915 | 640 | #238 |
| 1914 | 456 | #248 |
| 1913 | 273 | #287 |
| 1912 | 222 | #304 |
| 1911 | 136 | #339 |
| 1910 | 135 | #338 |
| 1909 | 96 | #377 |
| 1908 | 105 | #348 |
| 1907 | 80 | #395 |
| 1906 | 77 | #392 |
| 1905 | 79 | #380 |
| 1904 | 56 | #430 |
| 1903 | 73 | #373 |
| 1902 | 69 | #379 |
| 1901 | 43 | #452 |
| 1900 | 59 | #431 |
| 1899 | 45 | #433 |
| 1898 | 40 | #486 |
| 1897 | 27 | #584 |
| 1896 | 37 | #478 |
| 1895 | 29 | #547 |
| 1894 | 22 | #628 |
| 1893 | 20 | #644 |
| 1892 | 14 | #796 |
| 1891 | 17 | #644 |
| 1890 | 17 | #642 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 11 | #793 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
Nicknames for Joyce
- Joy 84 girls in the UK in 2025
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