Meaning and history
Boyce is an English given name transferred from several surnames. One source is Anglo-Norman bois, meaning “wood,” for someone who lived near woodland; another may be the Old French personal name Bo(i)ce, related to Latin Boethius. Irish surname lines can have separate Gaelic origins. No single meaning therefore covers every family. Notable given-name bearers include American academic and commentator Boyce Watkins and American politician Boyce F. Martin Jr., a federal judge.
20062006: 11 births, rank #6,904
2007: 14 births, rank #5,901
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: 9 births, rank #8,310
2010: 7 births, rank #9,693
20112011: 11 births, rank #7,009
2012: 9 births, rank #8,158
2013: 14 births, rank #5,923
2014: 12 births, rank #6,632
2015: 10 births, rank #7,491
20162016: 13 births, rank #6,349
2017: 18 births, rank #5,111
2018: 18 births, rank #5,106
2019: 11 births, rank #7,173
2020: 10 births, rank #7,502
20212021: 16 births, rank #5,562
2022: 7 births, rank #9,823
2023: 8 births, rank #8,921
2024: 11 births, rank #7,257
20252025: 8 births, rank #8,910
Boyce moved from #964 to #981 for boys between 1960 and 1961. Its highest annual birth count came in 1934, with 121 births.