Joyice — girls' name
188 babies named Joyice in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Joyice was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Joyice in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Joyice
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Joyice between 1931 and 1961, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joyice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Joyice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Joyice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Joyice 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 188 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.
Joyice at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Joyice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1931
- Peak year (1952)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
188 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 14 births in a single year.
Joyice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 87 births that decade — 46% of Joyice's all-time total
Joyice decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Joyice's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1931–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.