Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Boyce

#1,623 most common boys' name of all time · #3,936 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among boys
#1,623
Rank overall
#3,936 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
131 of 146
All-time
5,576
Since 2016
120
Peak year
1938 #531
Best rank
#531 1938
Girls Boys peak 126/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Boyce first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,936
2024 — 11 11 #7,278
2023 — 8 8 #8,951
2022 — 7 7 #9,848
2021 — 16 16 #5,579
2020 — 10 10 #7,520
2019 — 11 11 #7,191
2018 — 18 18 #5,116
2017 — 18 18 #5,127
2016 — 13 13 #6,371
2015 — 10 10 #7,518
2014 — 12 12 #6,649
2013 — 14 14 #5,940
2012 — 9 9 #8,189
2011 — 11 11 #7,020
2010 — 7 7 #9,725
2009 — 9 9 #8,327
2008 — 6 6 #11,077
2007 — 14 14 #5,911
2006 — 11 11 #6,931
2005 — 7 7 #9,151
2003 — 8 8 #7,867
2002 — 12 12 #5,744
2001 — 10 10 #6,469
2000 — 15 15 #4,805
1999 — 7 7 #7,917
1998 — 17 17 #4,034
1997 — 15 15 #4,265
1996 — 16 16 #4,037
1995 — 14 14 #4,304
1994 — 12 12 #4,831
1993 — 19 19 #3,381
1992 — 16 16 #3,771
1991 — 12 12 #4,500
1990 — 7 7 #6,465
1989 — 15 15 #3,640
1988 — 15 15 #3,383
1987 — 18 18 #2,859
1986 — 10 10 #4,162
1985 — 18 18 #2,729
1984 — 15 15 #2,978
1983 — 22 22 #2,282
1982 — 18 18 #2,610
1981 — 13 13 #3,239
1980 — 25 25 #2,119
1979 — 29 29 #1,879
1978 — 19 19 #2,390
1977 — 16 16 #2,687
1976 — 26 26 #1,886
1975 — 23 23 #2,013
1974 — 24 24 #1,897
1973 — 19 19 #2,145
1972 — 25 25 #1,782
1971 — 44 44 #1,259
1970 — 27 27 #1,673
1969 — 39 39 #1,272
1968 — 41 41 #1,191
1967 — 32 32 #1,349
1966 — 43 43 #1,138
1965 — 54 54 #1,007
1964 — 46 46 #1,137
1963 — 46 46 #1,142
1962 — 56 56 #1,026
1961 — 62 62 #985
1960 — 62 62 #969
1959 — 57 57 #1,021
1958 — 50 50 #1,084
1957 — 71 71 #900
1956 — 80 80 #837
1955 — 81 81 #816
1954 5 71 76 #871
1953 — 79 79 #809
1952 — 70 70 #839
1951 — 80 80 #788
1950 — 68 68 #828
1949 — 99 99 #687
1948 6 85 91 #730
1947 — 82 82 #761
1946 — 88 88 #694
1945 — 86 86 #653
1944 — 85 85 #675
1943 — 96 96 #652
1942 5 88 93 #684
1941 — 93 93 #634
1940 — 102 102 #588
1939 5 95 100 #600
1938 5 121 126 #531
1937 — 100 100 #578
1936 — 92 92 #610
1935 — 89 89 #626
1934 — 121 121 #535
1933 — 103 103 #568
1932 5 109 114 #567
1931 — 117 117 #544
1930 — 87 87 #671
1929 5 97 102 #619
1928 6 93 99 #649
1927 6 73 79 #772
1926 — 99 99 #634
1925 — 100 100 #638
1924 — 99 99 #645
1923 — 90 90 #679
1922 — 103 103 #639
1921 — 83 83 #726
1920 5 69 74 #809
1919 5 66 71 #804
1918 — 73 73 #759
1917 — 71 71 #740
1916 — 71 71 #712
1915 — 70 70 #704
1914 — 54 54 #708
1913 — 47 47 #653
1912 — 27 27 #868
1911 — 21 21 #703
1910 — 14 14 #851
1909 — 16 16 #707
1908 — 11 11 #863
1907 — 15 15 #694
1906 — 7 7 #1,082
1905 — 9 9 #907
1903 — 5 5 #1,244
1901 — 9 9 #771
1900 — 18 18 #601
1899 — 5 5 #1,147
1898 — 9 9 #799
1897 — 6 6 #1,033
1896 — 8 8 #889
1895 — 5 5 #1,193
1893 — 8 8 #826
1892 — 5 5 #1,201
1885 — 5 5 #1,053