How Many People Are Named Joice?
An estimated 256 people in the United States have the first name Joice. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 66 years old, and Joice peaked in popularity in 1942 with 24 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Joice as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Joice paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- With an average bearer age of 66, Joice is a vintage name most associated with earlier generations. Most living bearers were born before 1970.
Estimated Living Americans
256
About 1 in 1,338,884 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
66
years old
Peak Year
1942
24 births
Total Registered
557
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Joice
Joice is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 557 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Joice as a female name
Ranked #11,102 in 2017
9 female births in 2017
Peak: 1942 (24 births)
Joice: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Joice span from the 1920s to the 2010s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1940s, when 166 babies were registered. Joice has declined significantly from its peak in the 1940s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Joice by Decade
How has Joice tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Joice + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Joice as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Joice
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
Joice: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Joice?
We estimate approximately 256 people named Joice are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,338,884 Americans share this first name.
Is Joice a common name?
Joice is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 557 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Joice most popular?
Joice reached peak popularity in 1942, when 24 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Joice is approximately 66 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Joice a female name?
Joice is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Joice Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Joice Smith, Joice Johnson, Joice Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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