first name
JANICE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 302,296 people named Janice, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 12.4% as Black and 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Janice peaked in 1951, when 15,981 babies got the name.
At least 407,605 babies have been given the name since 1894. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Janice by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #44. The largest share of babies named Janice, 56.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Janice is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Janice has been most common in North Dakota (1.9×), South Dakota (1.8×), and Iowa (1.7×), and least common in Nevada (0.32×).
402,922 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Janice
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Janice, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Janice ranks #36,198 of 156,621, with 666 people. See Janice as a last name
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