Girls' name · since 1930
Janece
Janece has 643 recorded births since 1930 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 643
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janece sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 643 recorded since 1930.
Janece has 643 recorded births among girls since 1930, 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 1930 to 2007.
- #10,076 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 643 born since 1930
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janece ranks #10,076 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 643 born since 1930, peaking in the 1950s.
- #10,076 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 643
- born since 1930
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janece's 643 recorded births place it above 86.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Janece's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janece's full recorded timeline at 1970, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1938, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2007
- Peak year (1960)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Janece by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (118 births, 18% of the file).
1950s was Janece's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Janece births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
48 births
- 1950s
1950s
118 births
- 1960s
1960s
114 births
- 1970s
1970s
70 births
- 1980s
1980s
81 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 118 births (18% of all-time use).
How Janece compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Janece's total volume
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What to do with Janece's data
- Janece's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (118 total births) through the 2000s (43) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Janece: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1930–2007 (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 Janece 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.