Girls' name · since 1894
Janice
Janice has 406,448 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #90 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406,448
- born since 1894
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Janice is the #2520 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 406,448 recorded since 1894.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janice has been recorded 406,448 times among girls since 1894, currently ranked #2520 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1894 to 2025.
- #90 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,520 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 406,448 born since 1894
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Janice ranks #90 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,520 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 406,448 born since 1894, peaking in the 1950s.
- #90 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,520 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 406,448
- born since 1894
- 1950s
- peak decade
Janice's 406,448 recorded births place it above 99.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Janice compares
406,448 Top 1% higher than 99% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Janice's all-time total is 1,081x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Janice | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 406,448 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15,958 | 21 | 19,840 |
Janice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Janice's full recorded timeline at 1962, 17% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 83% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1894, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 15,958 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Janice popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (1951)
- 15,958
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Janice popularity over time - boys
1,157 total births recorded since 1926 (Janice as boys' name)
Janice by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (133,620 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Janice's strongest decade.
133,620 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Janice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 18
1890s
18 births
- 1900s 455
1900s
455 births
- 1910s 2,941
1910s
2,941 births
- 1920s 11,809
1920s
11,809 births
- 1930s 49,343
1930s
49,343 births
- 1940s
1940s
118,893 births
- 1950s
1950s
133,620 births
- 1960s
1960s
57,966 births
- 1970s 14,833
1970s
14,833 births
- 1980s 7,495
1980s
7,495 births
- 1990s 3,951
1990s
3,951 births
- 2000s 2,807
2000s
2,807 births
- 2010s 1,792
2010s
1,792 births
- 2020s 525
2020s
525 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 133,620 births (33% of all-time use).
How Janice 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 Janice's total volume
Janice by state
Where Janice concentrates geographically, total births since 1894
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 27,089 | 6.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 25,070 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 23,257 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 21,696 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 19,723 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 19,686 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Texas | | 18,923 | 4.7% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 13,322 | 3.3% |
27,089 of 406,448 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Janice appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Janice's data
- Janice's decade-level peak was the 1950s (133,620 total births); usage has since declined to 525 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Janices (27,089 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Janice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~131 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, 1894–2025 (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 Janice 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.