Girls' name · since 1941
Jancie
Jancie has 189 recorded births since 1941 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1943 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jancie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 189 have been recorded since 1941.
Social Security Administration records show Jancie recorded 189 times among girls since 1941, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1941 to 1996.
- #20,403 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 189 born since 1941
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jancie ranks #20,403 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1941, peaking in the 1950s.
- #20,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1941
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jancie's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jancie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jancie's SSA record in two at 1966 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1941, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1943 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jancie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–1996
- Peak year (1943)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Jancie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (42 births, 22% of the file).
1950s was Jancie's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Jancie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 42 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Jancie's decade-level peak was the 1950s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Jancie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1941–1996 (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 Jancie 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.