Girls' name · since 1952
Jonice
Jonice has 96 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 96
- total births
- 1952–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jonice sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 96 recorded since 1952.
Social Security Administration records show Jonice recorded 96 times among girls since 1952, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2006.
- 96 total births
- 1952–2006 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jonice's 96 recorded births place it above 62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jonice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jonice splits its recorded history at 1991: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1952 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1996 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jonice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2006
- Peak year (1996)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Jonice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jonice's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jonice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 48 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jonice's decade-level peak was the 1990s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1952–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jonice: Baby Name Since 1952 - 96 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jonice. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jonice 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 July 2026.