Janice was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #21 in 1951 but is far less common today.
Janice is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,522 for girl births in the United States (and #4,481 across all names), given to 70 babies. Janice was first reported in SSA data in 1894 and peaked in 1951 (15,958 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | #2,522 | — |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | #2,254 | — |
| 2023 | 98 | 98 | #2,010 | — |
| 2022 | 90 | 90 | #2,129 | — |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | #2,161 | — |
| 2020 | 97 | 97 | #1,962 | — |
| 2019 | 141 | 141 | #1,532 | — |
| 2018 | 154 | 154 | #1,436 | — |
| 2017 | 148 | 148 | #1,501 | — |
| 2016 | 165 | 165 | #1,407 | — |
| 2015 | 198 | 198 | #1,238 | — |
| 2014 | 178 | 178 | #1,330 | — |
| 2013 | 188 | 188 | #1,264 | — |
| 2012 | 192 | 192 | #1,260 | — |
| 2011 | 192 | 192 | #1,246 | — |
| 2010 | 236 | 236 | #1,052 | — |
| 2009 | 331 | 340 | #844 | — |
| 2008 | 254 | 262 | #1,032 | — |
| 2007 | 286 | 296 | #948 | — |
| 2006 | 260 | 270 | #996 | — |
| 2005 | 238 | 249 | #1,022 | — |
| 2004 | 285 | 295 | #862 | — |
| 2003 | 245 | 261 | #956 | — |
| 2002 | 325 | 344 | #747 | — |
| 2001 | 273 | 291 | #839 | — |
| 2000 | 310 | 337 | #744 | — |
| 1999 | 298 | 321 | #753 | — |
| 1998 | 311 | 346 | #713 | — |
| 1997 | 311 | — | #692 | — |
| 1996 | 338 | — | #658 | — |
| 1995 | 362 | — | #613 | — |
| 1994 | 420 | — | #562 | — |
| 1993 | 450 | — | #533 | — |
| 1992 | 462 | — | #514 | — |
| 1991 | 485 | — | #492 | — |
| 1990 | 514 | — | #477 | — |
| 1989 | 546 | — | #446 | — |
| 1988 | 636 | — | #380 | #7,778 |
| 1987 | 675 | — | #356 | #6,448 |
| 1986 | 666 | — | #361 | #4,630 |
| 1985 | 696 | — | #342 | #4,885 |
| 1984 | 758 | — | #313 | — |
| 1983 | 778 | — | #301 | #5,797 |
| 1982 | 880 | — | #276 | — |
| 1981 | 890 | — | #277 | — |
| 1980 | 1,004 | — | #257 | — |
| 1979 | 1,084 | — | #240 | #5,659 |
| 1978 | 1,169 | — | #216 | #4,758 |
| 1977 | 1,143 | — | #215 | — |
| 1976 | 1,160 | — | #213 | #5,980 |
| 1975 | 1,316 | — | #191 | #5,076 |
| 1974 | 1,329 | — | #193 | #4,888 |
| 1973 | 1,485 | — | #183 | #3,107 |
| 1972 | 1,727 | — | #171 | #2,586 |
| 1971 | 2,159 | — | #151 | #2,500 |
| 1970 | 2,345 | — | #145 | #2,558 |
| 1969 | 2,640 | — | #131 | #3,179 |
| 1968 | 3,054 | — | #110 | #2,651 |
| 1967 | 3,524 | — | #99 | #2,679 |
| 1966 | 4,358 | — | #80 | #2,279 |
| 1965 | 5,048 | — | #73 | #1,831 |
| 1964 | 6,188 | — | #69 | #1,520 |
| 1963 | 7,101 | — | #63 | #1,524 |
| 1962 | 7,846 | — | #58 | #1,644 |
| 1961 | 8,759 | — | #52 | #1,423 |
| 1960 | 9,665 | — | #41 | #1,170 |
| 1959 | 10,516 | — | #37 | #1,540 |
| 1958 | 10,916 | — | #35 | #1,501 |
| 1957 | 11,993 | — | #32 | #1,605 |
| 1956 | 13,048 | — | #26 | #1,403 |
| 1955 | 13,215 | — | #25 | #1,247 |
| 1954 | 13,530 | — | #25 | #1,540 |
| 1953 | 14,650 | — | #22 | #1,611 |
| 1952 | 14,995 | — | #23 | #1,899 |
| 1951 | 15,981 | — | #21 | #1,575 |
| 1950 | 15,037 | — | #22 | #1,483 |
| 1949 | 14,471 | — | #24 | #1,791 |
| 1948 | 14,193 | — | #23 | #1,307 |
| 1947 | 15,441 | — | #22 | #1,309 |
| 1946 | 14,069 | — | #22 | #1,288 |
| 1945 | 10,803 | — | #24 | #1,428 |
| 1944 | 9,765 | — | #28 | #1,179 |
| 1943 | 10,690 | — | #26 | #1,094 |
| 1942 | 10,331 | — | #25 | #995 |
| 1941 | 10,099 | — | #22 | #1,060 |
| 1940 | 9,365 | — | #22 | #933 |
| 1939 | 8,815 | — | #24 | #1,062 |
| 1938 | 8,748 | — | #24 | #1,068 |
| 1937 | 7,802 | — | #25 | #1,136 |
| 1936 | 6,173 | — | #31 | #1,404 |
| 1935 | 4,461 | — | #47 | #1,625 |
| 1934 | 3,599 | — | #68 | #2,332 |
| 1933 | 3,069 | — | #81 | #2,861 |
| 1932 | 2,643 | — | #94 | #1,958 |
| 1931 | 2,298 | — | #104 | #2,388 |
| 1930 | 1,940 | — | #126 | #2,687 |
| 1929 | 1,695 | — | #136 | #4,266 |
| 1928 | 1,570 | — | #149 | #4,433 |
| 1927 | 1,474 | — | #159 | #3,970 |
| 1926 | 1,473 | — | #159 | #3,944 |
| 1925 | 1,510 | — | #157 | — |
| 1924 | 1,175 | — | #187 | — |
| 1923 | 787 | — | #233 | — |
| 1922 | 745 | — | #239 | — |
| 1921 | 732 | — | #246 | — |
| 1920 | 670 | — | #254 | — |
| 1919 | 589 | — | #264 | — |
| 1918 | 510 | — | #280 | — |
| 1917 | 455 | — | #289 | — |
| 1916 | 372 | — | #314 | — |
| 1915 | 285 | — | #353 | — |
| 1914 | 225 | — | #354 | — |
| 1913 | 157 | — | #386 | — |
| 1912 | 142 | — | #388 | — |
| 1911 | 117 | — | #375 | — |
| 1910 | 89 | — | #418 | — |
| 1909 | 78 | — | #415 | — |
| 1908 | 59 | — | #471 | — |
| 1907 | 40 | — | #581 | — |
| 1906 | 51 | — | #481 | — |
| 1905 | 42 | — | #534 | — |
| 1904 | 36 | — | #566 | — |
| 1903 | 35 | — | #552 | — |
| 1902 | 43 | — | #483 | — |
| 1901 | 34 | — | #525 | — |
| 1900 | 37 | — | #572 | — |
| 1899 | 13 | — | #920 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,585 | — |