Feminine dossier · first seen 1882

Joyce

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Joyce
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.6% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

16,728

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1882Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

98.6%

2024

240

All-time

509,102

Joyce once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 16,728 girls were named Joyce.

In 2024, only 240 girls were given the name.

Down 98.6% from its peak.

All told, about 509,102 Americans have been named Joyce and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.6% from peak

194216,728 girls named Joyce

2024240 girls named Joyce

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