Boyce
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 121 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,518since 1885
Boyce over time
Rank among boys' names. Boyce has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,257 | 11 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,904 | 11 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,019 | 17 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,748 | 16 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,476 | 12 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,350 | 15 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,838 | 18 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,110 | 25 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,867 | 29 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,375 | 19 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,001 | 23 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,886 | 24 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,124 | 19 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,771 | 25 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,658 | 27 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,265 | 39 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,340 | 32 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,000 | 54 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,126 | 46 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,138 | 46 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,024 | 56 | |
| 1961 | — | #980 | 62 | |
| 1960 | — | #964 | 62 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,019 | 57 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,081 | 50 | |
| 1957 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1956 | — | #833 | 80 | |
| 1955 | — | #812 | 81 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #868 | 71 |
| 1953 | — | #805 | 79 | |
| 1952 | — | #836 | 70 | |
| 1951 | — | #785 | 80 | |
| 1950 | — | #827 | 68 | |
| 1949 | — | #687 | 99 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #729 | 85 |
| 1947 | — | #758 | 82 | |
| 1946 | — | #689 | 88 | |
| 1945 | — | #650 | 86 | |
| 1944 | — | #674 | 85 | |
| 1943 | — | #650 | 96 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #683 | 88 |
| 1941 | — | #628 | 93 | |
| 1940 | — | #585 | 102 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #594 | 95 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #529 | 121 |
| 1937 | — | #575 | 100 | |
| 1936 | — | #608 | 92 | |
| 1935 | — | #624 | 89 | |
| 1934 | — | #535 | 121 | |
| 1933 | — | #566 | 103 | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #565 | 109 |
| 1931 | — | #539 | 117 | |
| 1930 | — | #667 | 87 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #615 | 97 |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #647 | 93 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #766 | 73 |
| 1926 | — | #631 | 99 | |
| 1925 | — | #636 | 100 | |
| 1924 | — | #642 | 99 | |
| 1923 | — | #674 | 90 | |
| 1922 | — | #637 | 103 | |
| 1921 | — | #722 | 83 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #805 | 69 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #799 | 66 |
| 1918 | — | #753 | 73 | |
| 1917 | — | #739 | 71 | |
| 1916 | — | #708 | 71 | |
| 1915 | — | #698 | 70 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #648 | 47 | |
| 1912 | — | #854 | 27 | |
| 1911 | — | #689 | 21 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #664 | 15 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #727 | 9 | |
| 1900 | — | #578 | 18 | |
| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Boyce! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1892, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Boyce is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#186 · 1 in 1,212
- Arkansas#205 · 1 in 1,400
- North Carolina#230 · 1 in 1,623
- Kentucky#262 · 1 in 2,331
- Mississippi#352 · 1 in 3,574
Best ever in a state: #125 in South Carolina, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #186 | 16 | 1 in 1,212 |
| Arkansas | #205 | 13 | 1 in 1,400 |
| North Carolina | #230 | 22 | 1 in 1,623 |
| Kentucky | #262 | 12 | 1 in 2,331 |
| Mississippi | #352 | 6 | 1 in 3,574 |
| Virginia | #378 | 5 | 1 in 4,659 |
| Tennessee | #380 | 5 | 1 in 5,362 |
| Louisiana | #383 | 6 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Georgia | #395 | 6 | 1 in 4,931 |
| Texas | #586 | 9 | 1 in 6,574 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Boyce
- 1,653 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #8,910)
- 1,408 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
- Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 307 spots in 1899 (#744 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1938 at #529 (121 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1907–1957
- Highest: 1 in 8,360 boys born in 1900 were named Boyce (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #529 in 1938, was only 1 in 9,167 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.7% of all boys named Boyce (1,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 46 | #744 (1898) | #925 |
| 1900s | 90 | #578 (1900) | #805 |
| 1910s | 514 | #648 (1913) | #741 |
| 1920s | 906 | #615 (1929) | #678 |
| 1930s | 1,034 | #529 (1938) | #580 |
| 1940s | 904 | #585 (1940) | #673 |
| 1950s | 707 | #785 (1951) | #876 |
| 1960s | 481 | #964 (1960) | #1,115 |
| 1970s | 252 | #1,254 (1971) | #1,947 |
| 1980s | 169 | #2,110 (1980) | #2,980 |
| 1990s | 135 | #3,368 (1993) | #4,725 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,785 (2000) | #7,339 |
| 2010s | 123 | #5,106 (2018) | #6,865 |
| 2020s | 60 | #5,562 (2021) | #7,996 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Boyce in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 220,691 of them was named Boyce, which outranked 13.1% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 653 names at #4,342; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 9,167 of them was named Boyce, which outranked 86.9% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).