Girls' name · since 1936
Janace
Janace has 184 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
184 girls have been named Janace since 1936, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janace has been recorded 184 times among girls since 1936, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 1970.
- #20,657 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 184 born since 1936
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janace ranks #20,657 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 184 born since 1936, peaking in the 1940s.
- #20,657 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 184
- born since 1936
- 1940s
- peak decade
Janace's 184 recorded births place it above 71.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janace's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janace's SSA record in two at 1946 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1947 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janace popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–1970
- Peak year (1947)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Janace by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (100 births, 54% of the file).
1940s was Janace's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Janace births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 29
1930s
29 births
- 1940s
1940s
100 births
- 1950s
1950s
45 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 100 births (54% of all-time use).
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What to do with Janace's data
- Janace's decade-level peak was the 1940s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janace: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1936–1970 (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 Janace 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.