Cloyce
Masculine
Cloyce is given to both — 877 boys and 121 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Cloyce is a one-syllable name with a silent e on the end, which is the oldest American respelling move there is — older than the K spellings, older than the y, and almost the only one available to a name this short.
How old is the name Cloyce?
Cloyce first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Cloyce alive today was born around 1933, making them about 92 years old. About 200 people named Cloyce are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cloyce most popular?
Cloyce peaked in 1916, reaching #1206 nationally. See the whole 1916 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Cloyce
A silent final e does three things at once in English, which is why it has been the default flourish for four hundred years. It lengthens the vowel before it, in words like hope and bite. It marks a word as a name rather than a noun, which is why Clarke and Browne and Deane exist beside clark and brown and dean. And it adds a letter without adding a sound, which for a one-syllable name is the only way to be distinctive at all — there is no ending to change and no unstressed vowel to swap. That is the whole toolkit for a short name, and this one uses the last of the three.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Nothing can be established. It resembles a Welsh river name and it resembles the surname Cloyd, and neither connection can be demonstrated. Names of this shape appear across the American record with no documentation at all.
Pronouncing Cloyce
KLOYS
One syllable, ending in a soft s. It rhymes with voice.
Nicknames for Cloyce
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 191630 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1206reached in 1916
- Change vs 1973
- 0.0%5 in 1983, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cloyces among us
people named Cloyce are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cloyce sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, distinctive and carried by almost nobody.
- The spelling is unambiguous once seen.
- It has the plain sound of a period American name.
- It will be heard as Cloyd, Royce or Boyce, all of which are nearby.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
- There is no meaning to hand him and no traceable source.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cloyces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Cloyce are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cloyce in 2025?
- Cloyce is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Cloyce with classmates?
- Cloyce will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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