Girls' name · since 1952
Canice
Canice has 38 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #38,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Canice sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1952.
Canice has 38 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1984.
- #38,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Canice ranks #38,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #38,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Canice's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Canice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Canice splits its recorded history at 1979: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Canice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1984
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Canice by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (16 births, 42% of the file).
1950s was Canice's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Canice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 16 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Canice's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 1980s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1952–1984 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Canice draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.