Jeanice — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jeanice

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,255 babies named Jeanice between 1915 and 2011, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeanice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeanice performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 233 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jeanice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeanice in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jeanice 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 1,255 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.