Boys' name · since 2011
Dyce
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 96 babies named Dyce, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dyce currently ranks #6085 among boys' names in America, with 96 babies recorded since 2011.
Dyce has 96 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6085 as of the latest data, more common than 56% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #17,675 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,085 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dyce ranks #17,675 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,085 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,085 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dyce's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dyce compares
96 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dyce's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dyce | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dyce's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dyce's full recorded timeline at 2021, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dyce popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Dyce by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (77 births, 80% of the file).
2020s was Dyce's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Dyce births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 77 births (80% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dyce draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.