Girls' name · since 1942

Joyace

Joyace has 18 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1944 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

18
total births
1942–1944
years on record
1940s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade

Joyace sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1942.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joyace has been recorded 18 times among girls since 1942, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1944.

  • 18 total births
  • 1942–1944 years on record
  • 1940s peak decade
  • 100% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Joyace's 18 recorded births place it above 34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Joyace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Joyace splits its recorded history at 1943: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1943 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1944 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Joyace popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1944

Last recorded 1944
Peak year (1944)
7
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 194219431944 7

Joyace by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1940s was Joyace's strongest decade.

18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Joyace births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1940s at 18 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Joyace?
18 babies have been named Joyace since 1942. It was last recorded in 1944. The peak year was 1944 with 7 births.
When was Joyace most popular?
Joyace was most popular in the 1940s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1944.
How long has the name Joyace been used?
Records for Joyace go back to 1942, giving 3 years of history through 1944.
What names are similar to Joyace?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Joyce, Joy, Joycelyn, Joye, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 1942–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Joyace: Baby Name Since 1942 - 18 Births, Peak 1944." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joyace. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Joyace 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 July 2026.