How Many People Are Named Janice?
people named Janice are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,250 people in the US has this name
Based on 407,605 babies named Janice in Social Security records from 1894 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
15,981 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Elaborated form of JANE, created by Paul Leicester Ford for his novel 'Janice Meredith' (1899).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Janice in English. Counting Janice and these spellings together, about 306,792 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Janice (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Janice alive today is about 69 years old, and 84% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 77 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Janice first appears in the records in 1894 and was given most often in 1951, to 15,981 babies. In 2025, 70 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1894 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Janice never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #21, in 1951, and it was in the top 100 for 36 years, 1932 to 1967. In 2025 it ranked #2,522.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,522 |
| Best rank | #21 (1951) |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1932 to 1967) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #24 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Janice alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Janice were born in California than in any other state: about 19,456 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Janice was given 1.6 times as often in North Dakota, 1.5 times in South Dakota and 1.4 times in Iowa.
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