HUMAN NAME · NOT ON THE REGISTRY

Joyce

A human name, held in the Social Security file. It is not in the Administration’s index of agent names, and it has no classification.

Table 1. Joyce, as recorded
Sex	Female
2025 rank	1,074
2025 number	226
Peak year	1941
Peak rank	13
Years present	142 of 146
Dog licences, New York	14
Pet licences, Seattle	–

Statement of record

Joyce was given to 226 girls in 2025, ranking 1,074th for the year. It peaked in 1941, when it ranked 13th and went to 15,684 babies. It has appeared in 142 of the 146 years on record.

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Joyce

Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2025.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

Villain probability

76%

Basis: phonetics. One voiced obstruent, two sibilants, ends on a consonant. The canon has no entry, so this is the sound of the name and nothing else.

Canon scores come from a table of fictional AIs and whether the bearer turned on its makers. Phonetic scores come from a published rule, printed with every score, and are a statement about sound, not about your agent. How the sound is scored.

As recorded on the Social Security card application. Names given to fewer than five babies of a sex in a year are not published, so the file is a floor.