Joyce
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning joyful.
How Joyce has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #844 |
| 2016 | #738 |
| 2017 | #836 |
| 2018 | #942 |
| 2019 | #924 |
| 2020 | #979 |
| 2021 | #955 |
| 2022 | #986 |
Joyce by the numbers
In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Joyce. In the US, 329 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 16,726 babies in 1942, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Joyce
Forms of Joyce in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Joyce. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Joyce
Names that are said the same way as Joyce, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- JossGod is gracious; a form of Josslyn16 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Joyce, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Joyce
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