Girls' name · since 1983
Joniece
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 68 babies named Joniece, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 68
- total births
- 1983–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
68 girls have been named Joniece since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Joniece has been recorded 68 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2002.
- 68 total births
- 1983–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joniece's 68 recorded births place it above 56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joniece's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joniece's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joniece popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2002
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2002.
68 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 9 births in a single year.
Joniece by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Joniece's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Joniece births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 42 births (62% of all-time use).
Joniece decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Joniece's decade-level peak was the 1990s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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, 1983–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joniece: Baby Name Since 1983 - 68 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joniece. 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 Joniece 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.
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