Janice

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Janice is a modern feminine given name, an extended version of Jane, an English feminine form of John which is itself derived from the Hebrew Yohanan, meaning or Yehohanan.

From Wikipedia

Janice first appears in the data in 1894 and has been recorded in 127 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1951 with 15,959 babies (rank #21 that year). In 2024 it was given to 83 girls (rank #2,250). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Janice

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Janice yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

407,532
Total babies (all years)
127
Years in the data
15,959
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18945#1,585
189913#920
190037#572
190134#525
190243#483
190335#552
190436#566
190542#534
190651#481
190740#581
190859#471
190978#415
191089#418
1911117#375
1912142#388
1913157#386
1914225#354
1915285#353
1916372#314
1917455#289
1918510#280
1919589#264
1920670#254
1921732#246
1922745#239
1923787#233
19241,175#187
19251,510#157
19261,467#159
19271,468#159
19281,565#149
19291,690#136
19301,930#126
19312,287#104
19322,628#94
19333,061#81
19343,588#68
19354,442#47
19366,149#31
19377,768#25
19388,711#24
19398,779#24
19409,318#22
194110,061#22
194210,286#25
194310,651#26
19449,732#28
194510,782#24
194614,038#22
194715,409#22
194814,162#23
194914,453#24
195015,010#22
195115,959#21
195214,978#23
195314,627#22
195413,505#25
195513,178#25
195613,017#26
195711,968#32
195810,888#35
195910,489#37
19609,621#41
19618,724#52
19627,822#58
19637,072#63
19646,162#69
19655,031#73
19664,345#80
19673,514#99
19683,043#110
19692,631#131
19702,331#145
19712,144#151
19721,713#171
19731,475#182
19741,323#193
19751,310#191
19761,155#213
19771,143#215
19781,162#216
19791,078#240
19801,004#257
1981890#277
1982880#276
1983772#301
1984758#313
1985688#342
1986657#361
1987669#356
1988631#380
1989546#446
1990514#477
1991484#492
1992463#514
1993450#533
1994420#562
1995362#613
1996338#658
1997311#692
1998311#713
1999298#753
2000310#744
2001273#839
2002325#747
2003245#956
2004285#862
2005238#1,022
2006260#996
2007286#948
2008254#1,032
2009331#844
2010236#1,052
2011192#1,245
2012192#1,260
2013188#1,264
2014178#1,330
2015198#1,238
2016165#1,407
2017148#1,501
2018154#1,435
2019141#1,532
202097#1,962
202186#2,175
202290#2,129
202398#2,007
202483#2,250