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Baby name
Joyce
Girl
Origin of the name
Joyce comes from Josse, the medieval form of the name of Saint Judoc, a Breton saint of the 7th century. It was first given to boys.
Classic name
509,332births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 13rank at its peak, in 1942
Where babies named Joyce are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Joyce is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Joyce is most common in Vermont (1.8 times), West Virginia (1.7) and South Dakota (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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