Janyce — girls' name

What the Data Says About Janyce

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,861 babies named Janyce between 1918 and 2014, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Janyce currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 86 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Janyce performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 619 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Janyce shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Janyce in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Janyce 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 1,861 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.