Girls' name · since 1948
Janci
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Janci, peaking in 1948. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #47,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Janci since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Janci has 17 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1979.
- #47,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janci ranks #47,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #47,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Janci's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janci's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Janci's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Janci popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1979
- Peak year (1948)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Janci by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (11 births, 65% of the file).
1970s was Janci's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Janci births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 11 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Janci: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1948–1979 (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 Janci 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.