Janicia — girls' name
214 babies named Janicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
214 girls have been named Janicia since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 214
- total births
- 1987–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Janicia was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Janicia in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Janicia
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Janicia between 1987 and 2019, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janicia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Janicia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Janicia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Janicia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Janicia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 214 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Janicia at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Janicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1987
- Peak year (1998)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
214 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 13 births in a single year.
Janicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 99 births that decade — 46% of Janicia's all-time total
Janicia decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Janicia's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Janicia by state
Where Janicia concentrates geographically — total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.8% |
6 of 214 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1987–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.