Loyce

Last seen for girls in 1981 at #8,128 · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,123
Given to girls 81.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1933 · 107 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,503
since 1901

Loyce over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #633, 1933peak #1,038, 1911girlsboys
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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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1981#8,1287—
1980#9,0956—
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1977—#5,1236
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1974—#5,2275
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1972#7,2926#4,9865
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1970#5,8188#4,7245
1969#3,95813#3,5957
1968#4,00012—
1967#3,65613#3,9665
1966#2,83919#3,9485
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1963#3,63513#3,0448
1962#2,53923#2,8489
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1960#2,01332#3,6656
1959#1,91834#3,9885
1958#1,46953#3,5596
1957#1,90433#3,9935
1956#1,79635#2,62810
1955#1,66738#2,7649
1954#1,67737#2,9428
1953#1,31854#3,4256
1952#1,57837#2,6809
1951#1,17064#1,90416
1950#1,18361#2,7708
1949#1,13564#2,8028
1948#1,05769#1,94315
1947#1,03174#2,6719
1946#1,05864#2,27111
1945#95465#2,7437
1944#90971#2,08012
1943#1,03659#1,91015
1942#84482#1,94614
1941#93462#2,08312
1940#85470#1,89414
1939#77577#1,63617
1938#71392#1,81815
1937#88261#2,08812
1936#78075#1,72316
1935#76977#2,9517
1934#75678#1,78316
1933#633107#1,40523
1932#68698#2,19112
1931#76177#1,39425
1930#78680#1,60221
1929#88665#2,58910
1928#74291#1,64721
1927#86373#1,69221
1926#81480#1,84618
1925#77990#1,80619
1924#85377#1,38029
1923#85274#1,64422
1922#76691#1,95217
1921#80483#1,64822
1920#84374#1,50525
1919#80077#1,57622
1918#87966#1,64821
1917#97851#2,28012
1916#85663#1,77117
1915#83960#1,41023
1914#1,14728#1,60815
1913#1,06726#1,58012
1912#90331#1,7469
1911#1,11316#1,03811
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First appearance
1901

The first year at least five girls were named Loyce! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Loyce is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMOKentucky: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,704 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedARTennessee: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,521 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #268 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,564 girlsOKLouisiana: #286 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,587 girlsLAMississippi: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,759 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedALGeorgia: #494 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,162 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedHITexas: #458 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Loyce, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#268 · 1 in 1,564
  2. Louisiana#286 · 1 in 1,587
  3. Mississippi#414 · 1 in 3,759
  4. Tennessee#414 · 1 in 4,521
  5. Kentucky#418 · 1 in 4,704

Best ever in a state: #268 in Oklahoma, 1938.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Oklahoma#268131 in 1,564
Louisiana#286141 in 1,587
Mississippi#41461 in 3,759
Tennessee#41461 in 4,521
Kentucky#41861 in 4,704
Texas#458161 in 3,607
Georgia#49451 in 6,162
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Loyce
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
  • Biggest jump: 563 spots in 1907 (#1,553 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 502 spots in 1904 (#862 → #1,364)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1901
  • Peaked 1933 at #633 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1915–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,420
  • Highest: 1 in 9,420 girls born in 1933 were named Loyce (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 238,294 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 23.5% of all girls named Loyce (822) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1979
  • Mostly boys until 1978, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s92#862 (1903)#1,205
1910s434#800 (1919)#969
1920s798#742 (1928)#820
1930s822#633 (1933)#754
1940s680#844 (1942)#981
1950s446#1,170 (1951)#1,568
1960s184#2,004 (1961)#3,214
1970s34#5,136 (1971)#7,505
1980s13#8,128 (1981)#8,612

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Loyce in 1938

girls
#713
92 births · 1 in 11,994 girls
boys
#1,818
15 births · 1 in 73,943 boys

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #713Loyce92

Top boys' names in 1938

  1. #1Robert62,271
  2. #2James59,102
  3. #3John50,517
  4. #4William42,433
  5. #5Richard34,385
  6. #6Charles31,151
  7. #7Donald26,677
  8. #8David22,994
  9. #9Thomas21,381
  10. #10Ronald20,295
  11. #1,818Loyce15
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 11,994 of them was named Loyce, which outranked 85.7% 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).

Ranked beside Loyce
  1. #710Garnet93
  2. #710Jeraldine93
  3. #710Marylyn93
  4. #713Loyce92
  5. #713Benita92
  6. #713Enid92
  7. #713Manuela92
  8. #717Charline91
  9. #717Cherry91
  10. #717Katheryn91

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

boys

1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 73,943 of them was named Loyce, which outranked 54.9% 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).

Ranked beside Loyce
  1. #1,741Windle16
  2. #1,741Worth16
  3. #1,741Yvonne16
  4. #1,818Loyce15
  5. #1,818Abie15
  6. #1,818Ace15
  7. #1,818Adrain15
  8. #1,901Aden14
  9. #1,901Alvan14
  10. #1,901Anson14

Tied with 82 names at #1,818; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,314Dion#2,197 → #883
  2. ↑ 448Tex#1,212 → #764
  3. ↑ 425Lonny#1,233 → #808
  4. ↑ 401Gonzalo#1,180 → #779
  5. ↑ 383Lance#722 → #339
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Worth#1,000 → #1,741
  2. ↓ 528Estel#869 → #1,397
  3. ↓ 492Milburn#845 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 412Lonzo#835 → #1,247
  5. ↓ 405Joy#932 → #1,337

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →