Boyce — #7238 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Boyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,510 babies named Boyce between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Boyce currently holds the #7238 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Boyce performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 1,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Boyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 884 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Boyce in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Boyce in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,510 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.