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Joyce
Pronounced /d͡ʒɔɪs/
Rank in 2024
#1,044
Born in 2024
240
Peak year
1942 · #13
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for boys:11 in 2024 (#7,491)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 240 girls were named Joyce, about 1 in every 6,722.
- It peaked in 1942 with 16,728 babies, ranked #13.
- It first shows up in the records in 1882.
- 509,102 girls have been named Joyce since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Joyce per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.7Greatest1901–27
- 10.8Silent1928–45
- 5.7Boomers1946–64
- 1.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 35,153 babies, 1.72 per 1,000. Silent: 223,762 babies, 10.83 per 1,000. Boomers: 204,990 babies, 5.72 per 1,000. Gen X: 27,921 babies, 1.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,087 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,241 babies, 0.18 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,571 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.
- A female given name from the Celtic languages, associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /d͡ʒɔɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Joyce, CC BY-SA 4.0.