Jeniece — girls' name
508 babies named Jeniece in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Jeniece was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Jeniece in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jeniece
The Social Security Administration has registered 508 babies named Jeniece between 1953 and 2015, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jeniece currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jeniece performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jeniece shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jeniece in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jeniece 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 508 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.
Jeniece at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jeniece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1953
- Peak year (1993)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
508 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 22 births in a single year.
Jeniece by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 176 births that decade — 35% of Jeniece's all-time total
Jeniece decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jeniece's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Jeniece by state
Where Jeniece concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.0% |
15 of 508 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.0% 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, 1953–2015 (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.