Loyce
Loyce was last recorded in 1981, when 7 babies were given it; 4,278 Americans have been recorded with it between 1901 and 1981 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,300 Americans named Loyce and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (30% of everyone recorded); the median is 76 years old and half are between 68 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Loyce by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Loyce mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Loyce is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Loyce?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #8,648, in 1981; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
130 babies in 1933, the peak
Loyce peaked in 1933, when 130 babies were given it (107 girls, #633 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 7 | #8,648 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,791 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,186 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 6 | #5,565 | |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,926 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 5 | #5,688 | |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,810 | 5 | #5,455 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,337 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,112 | 5 | #5,158 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,082 | 7 | #3,805 |
Every recorded year (77)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 12 | #4,125 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,766 | 5 | #4,326 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,899 | 5 | #4,309 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,488 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,238 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,726 | 8 | #3,221 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,575 | 9 | #2,968 |
| 1961 | 34 | #2,020 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,038 | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,937 | 5 | #4,344 |
| 1958 | 53 | #1,475 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,913 | 5 | #4,323 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,818 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,681 | 9 | #2,889 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,691 | 8 | #3,088 |
| 1953 | 54 | #1,325 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,596 | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1951 | 64 | #1,173 | 16 | #1,946 |
| 1950 | 61 | #1,188 | 8 | #2,932 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,138 | 8 | #2,927 |
| 1948 | 69 | #1,063 | 15 | #1,992 |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,034 | 9 | #2,786 |
| 1946 | 64 | #1,064 | 11 | #2,354 |
| 1945 | 65 | #963 | 7 | #2,900 |
| 1944 | 71 | #913 | 12 | #2,145 |
| 1943 | 59 | #1,043 | 15 | #1,960 |
| 1942 | 82 | #850 | 14 | #2,012 |
| 1941 | 62 | #938 | 12 | #2,162 |
| 1940 | 70 | #855 | 14 | #1,949 |
| 1939 | 77 | #781 | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1938 | 92 | #715 | 15 | #1,869 |
| 1937 | 61 | #888 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 1936 | 75 | #783 | 16 | #1,765 |
| 1935 | 77 | #770 | 7 | #3,143 |
| 1934 | 78 | #760 | 16 | #1,826 |
| 1933 | 107 | #633 | 23 | #1,437 |
| 1932 | 98 | #686 | 12 | #2,269 |
| 1931 | 77 | #764 | 25 | #1,414 |
| 1930 | 80 | #790 | 21 | #1,633 |
| 1929 | 65 | #890 | 10 | #2,696 |
| 1928 | 91 | #747 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1927 | 73 | #867 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 80 | #820 | 18 | #1,877 |
| 1925 | 90 | #782 | 19 | #1,844 |
| 1924 | 77 | #856 | 29 | #1,399 |
| 1923 | 74 | #854 | 22 | #1,677 |
| 1922 | 91 | #767 | 17 | #2,000 |
| 1921 | 83 | #807 | 22 | #1,686 |
| 1920 | 74 | #843 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1919 | 77 | #803 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1918 | 66 | #883 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1917 | 51 | #984 | 12 | #2,369 |
| 1916 | 63 | #861 | 17 | #1,817 |
| 1915 | 60 | #843 | 23 | #1,438 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,166 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,081 | 12 | #1,635 |
| 1912 | 31 | #913 | 9 | #1,830 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,148 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,149 | under 5 | |
| 1909 | 19 | #954 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,315 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 15 | #1,020 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,654 | 5 | #1,355 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,629 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,433 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 16 | #887 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,189 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Loyce a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,278 Americans recorded as Loyce, 82% are girls and 18% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Loyce: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Loyce, and how old are they?
1,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 30% of the 4,278 Americans ever recorded as Loyce. The median Loyce alive today is 76 years old; half are between 68 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 1,720 people named Loyce (1,473 women and girls, 247 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,727 born in the U.S. The Census count matches that prediction to within 1%.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 437 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 712 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 134 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Loyce born?
The states with the most babies named Loyce are Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, with 74% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana and Oklahoma are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 899 | not ranked | 3.9× |
| Louisiana | 277 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Oklahoma | 245 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| Mississippi | 108 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Arkansas | 101 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 71 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| California | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 51 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 46 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 27 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Loyce is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Loyce is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Loyce with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,336 babies since 1880, Loyce is the most given (99% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Loyce
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Loyce and names like it
- Compare Loyce and LoiceBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sLoyce peaked in 1933.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Loyce since 1910.
- The top names of 1933The year the most babies were named Loyce.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Loyce alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.