# Boyce (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/boyce/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “wood” |
| Pronunciation | /bɔɪs/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Boyes, Boice |
| US babies named this | 5,576 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,518 / 58 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French bois (“wood”).

## What it means

Boyce is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 4,919 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5,077 |
| 1927 | 6 | 4,367 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,251 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,649 |
| 1932 | 5 | 4,495 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,414 |
| 1939 | 5 | 4,328 |
| 1942 | 5 | 4,698 |
| 1948 | 6 | 4,722 |
| 1954 | 5 | 5,822 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 7,074 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,237 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5,959 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,689 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,561 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,407 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,130 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5,136 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,240 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,592 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,594 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9,978 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,033 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,328 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,038 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## People named Boyce

- Boyce Budd, American rower
- William Boyce Thompson, American engineer (1869–1930)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.