Doyce

Last seen for girls in 1946 at #3,430 · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to boys 84.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,038
1934 · 39 births
Debut · boys
1914
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
946
since 1914

Doyce over time

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#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #2,386, 1936peak #1,038, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1947—#1,48225
1946#3,4309#1,60120
1945#3,6767#1,63317
1944#3,6877#1,43822
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1942#4,1246#1,53721
1941#3,2528#1,53220
1940#2,73710#1,47121
1939#3,7826#1,32325
1938#3,8476#1,27527
1937#3,1468#1,28827
1936#2,38612#1,06836
1935#2,43912#1,39024
1934#3,8026#1,03839
1933#2,68810#1,12434
1932#3,2748#1,84816
1931#3,2268#1,53821
1930#2,84510#1,53323
1929#3,6827#2,09614
1928#4,1956#1,70720
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1924#4,4346#2,13215
1923#3,12510#2,22414
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1921—#2,50212
1920—#2,45912
1919—#3,1158
1918#4,8095#2,39812
1917—#2,56210
1916—#3,1777
1915—#3,0827
1914#3,6185#2,9156
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Doyce! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1964, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Doyce is popular in 1934

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedKSArkansas: #298 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,580 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedMSAlabama: #415 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,634 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedHITexas: #540 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,296 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Doyce, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#298 · 1 in 2,580
  2. Alabama#415 · 1 in 4,634
  3. Texas#540 · 1 in 5,296

Best ever in a state: #268 in Arkansas, 1937.

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Arkansas#29871 in 2,580
Alabama#41561 in 4,634
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See more about Doyce
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1934 at #1,038 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,477
  • Highest: 1 in 26,477 boys born in 1934 were named Doyce (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 28.8% of all boys named Doyce (272) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s50#2,398 (1918)#2,875
1920s163#1,353 (1926)#2,124
1930s272#1,038 (1934)#1,343
1940s218#1,346 (1948)#1,523
1950s157#1,538 (1950)#2,129
1960s68#1,973 (1960)#2,923
1970s13#4,309 (1975)#4,342
1980s0——
1990s5#8,700 (1993)#8,700

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.

Doyce in 1934

girls
#3,802
6 births · 1 in 174,038 girls
boys
#1,038
39 births · 1 in 26,477 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #3,802Doyce6

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,038Doyce39
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 174,038 of them was named Doyce, which outranked 23.5% of the 4,973 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doyce
  1. #3,449Zelia7
  2. #3,449Zelphia7
  3. #3,449Zilla7
  4. #3,802Doyce6
  5. #3,802Adalene6
  6. #3,802Adria6
  7. #3,802Agueda6
  8. #4,286Adalyn5
  9. #4,286Adelma5
  10. #4,286Adrene5

Tied with 483 names at #3,802; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 571Luann#1,442 → #871
  2. ↑ 469Alison#1,442 → #973
  3. ↑ 439Golda#1,364 → #925
  4. ↑ 350Ronald#1,244 → #894
  5. ↑ 346Gale#1,102 → #756
Fallers
  1. ↓ 685Nira#463 → #1,148
  2. ↓ 342Vina#782 → #1,124
  3. ↓ 316Zita#947 → #1,263
  4. ↓ 299Myrtie#834 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 278Theola#985 → #1,263

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 26,477 of them was named Doyce, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Doyce
  1. #1,024Mel40
  2. #1,024Nils40
  3. #1,024Verlon40
  4. #1,038Doyce39
  5. #1,038Aldo39
  6. #1,038Allyn39
  7. #1,038Brice39
  8. #1,059Abner38
  9. #1,059Abram38
  10. #1,059Burley38

Tied with 20 names at #1,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. ↑ 746Lanny#1,361 → #615
  2. ↑ 630Kerry#1,586 → #956
  3. ↑ 620Marland#1,456 → #836
  4. ↑ 404Kirk#1,202 → #798
  5. ↑ 350Valentin#1,281 → #931
Fallers
  1. ↓ 730Neville#995 → #1,725
  2. ↓ 616Garner#770 → #1,386
  3. ↓ 520Vivian#905 → #1,425
  4. ↓ 488Finis#869 → #1,357
  5. ↓ 464Malcom#961 → #1,425

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1934 →