Baby name

Janice

Girl

Origin of the name

Janice is an English name of the Jane family, a feminine form of John.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1951, with 15,958 births and the No. 21 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 90 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 2514. 33% of all babies named Janice since 1880 were born in the 1950s.

406,448births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 21rank at its peak, in 1951

Where babies named Janice are born

1951

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The darker the blue, the more common Janice is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Janice is most common in North Dakota (1.9 times), South Dakota (1.8) and Iowa (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Janie 75,598
Janine 33,508
Janiece 3,192
Janise 2,084
Jenice 1,927
Janyce 1,861

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