Joyce

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Joyce: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Joyce: Recorded every year since 1964, its highest recorded position is #144, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#144highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Joyce's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#926
1998	#995
1999	#1107
2000	#1195
2001	#1305
2002	#761
2003	#731
2004	#736
2005	#931
2006	#909
2007	#774
2008	#859
2009	#1004
2010	#878
2011	#804
2012	#1150
2013	#925
2014	#1094
2015	#1362
2016	#975
2017	#1082
2018	#1526
2019	#1940
2020	#2042
2021	#1785
2022	#1452
2023	#2063
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 55 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2022: #502 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1452 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #144 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Joyce appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 783 births with the name.

Joyce across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Joyce's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#149 (1964)	#144 (1966)	#885 (2025)	55 of 62	783 (1964–2025)	34 (1966)
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#731 (2003)	#1894 (2024)	29 of 29	782 (1996–2024)	46 (2011)

Joyce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Joyce in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	168	6 of 10	28
1970s	258	10 of 10	26
1980s	183	10 of 10	18
1990s	63	10 of 10	6
2000s	64	9 of 10	7
2010s	34	7 of 10	5
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Joyce appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #144 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Joyce's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1526	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1082	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#975	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1362	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#925	40	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#804	46	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#878	40	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1004	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#859	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#909	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#931	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#731	38	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#761	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1195	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#995	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#926	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#278	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	12	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#413	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	9	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	8	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	8	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	11	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	12	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	18	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#283	12	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	16	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#214	22	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	30	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	25	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	25	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#239	18	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	27	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#205	23	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	29	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	25	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	29	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	32	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	32	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	27	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	24	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#144	34	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	26	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #144, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 46 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Joziah · #1935, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Peadar · #142, 61y
Marcella · #138, 60y
Marguerite · #161, 58y
Vivi · #127, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Columba · #145, 10y
Clifford · #142, 51y
Diarmaid · #142, 50y
Ivor · #146, 54y

Joyce was ranked #144 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Joyce and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Joyce without appearing here.

Joyce moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #3695.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #3519.
Pamela Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1452 and #3148.
Geraldine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1305 and #1170 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #761 and #2301.

Moved ahead of Joyce

Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #804 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1150 and #284.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.
Laila Compare
In 2024 they stood at #502 and #747 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #885 and #352.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Joyce

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 while Charlotte went from #171 to #43.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 while Clodagh went from #149 to #47.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 while Emily went from #180 to #6.

Moved the same way as Joyce

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 and Eileen from #17 to #443.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Joyce went from #149 to #885 and Julia from #42 to #118.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #144 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Joyce

Joyce at a glance

What stands out in Joyce's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Joyce across 2 official records

Joyce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Joyce appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Joyce and the names beside it

Joyce moved ahead of

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Joyce at a glance

What stands out in Joyce's record

Joyce across 2 official records

Joyce by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Joyce appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Joyce

Joyce and the names beside it

Joyce moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Joyce

Moved the opposite way to Joyce

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