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.
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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 282,985 of them was named Boyce, which outranked 23.0% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,205Zenora7
- #4,205Zeola7
- #4,205Zeta7
- #4,651Boyce6
- #4,651Adelyn6
- #4,651Adina6
- #4,651Adlean6
- #5,243Adena5
- #5,243Adonica5
- #5,243Adrene5
Tied with 591 names at #4,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 20,643 of them was named Boyce, which outranked 82.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).