Doyce — boys' name

What the Data Says About Doyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 946 babies named Doyce between 1914 and 1993, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Doyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Doyce is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 172 additional births since 1914.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Doyce performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Doyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 194 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Doyce in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Doyce 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 946 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.