Girls' name · peaked in 1946
Janice name popularity since 1925
400,082 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Janice. Half of them were born in 1951 or earlier, so the typical Janice is about 75 years old in 2026. Janice peaked in 1946 as the #22 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 400,082
- Named Janice, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,522 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 398,925 girls · 1,157 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 2.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Janice made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Janice births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1951. Measured as a share of all babies, Janice peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1932 and 1937, Janice became 3× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1965 and 1970, its share of baby girls fell by 53%, from 1 in 351 to 1 in 750.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Janice's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Janice.
Decade by decade
Babies named Janice in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 7,700 | 22 | – |
| 1930s | 49,343 | 205 | #47 |
| 1940s | 118,893 | 334 | #24 |
| 1950s | 133,620 | 261 | #25 |
| 1960s | 57,966 | 217 | #73 |
| 1970s | 14,833 | 84 | #191 |
| 1980s | 7,495 | 34 | #342 |
| 1990s | 3,951 | 0 | #613 |
| 2000s | 2,807 | 0 | #1,022 |
| 2010s | 1,792 | 0 | #1,238 |
| 2020–25 | 525 | 0 | #2,522 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.9% of babies named Janice from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Janice is most popular
The index compares Janice's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Janice.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 2.10× | 2,657 |
| South Dakota | 1.87× | 2,389 |
| Iowa | 1.76× | 8,961 |
| Alabama | 1.55× | 10,982 |
| Nebraska | 1.55× | 4,354 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Janice and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Janice (this page) | 398,925 | 1946 |
| Janiece | 3,140 | 1993 |
| Janyce | 1,839 | 1938 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Janice's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Janice.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Janice (1946).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data