How popular is the name Janice?

Janice ranks 83rd among girls' names in US records, with 457,388 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,425.

Is Janice a unisex name?

No. Janice is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1951, when 18,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Janis. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#83 of girl names

Pronounced JH AE1 N AH0 S (ARPABET)

Janice is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 457,388 children — the 83rd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 47% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1951, when 18,528 children were given it.

Janis is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1951Girls: 18,528Boys: 30

These spellings sound identical to Janice and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Janice?: Janice ranks 83rd among girls' names in US records, with 457,388 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,425.
Is Janice a unisex name?: No. Janice is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Janice most popular?: 1951, when 18,528 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Janice spelled?: Janis. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.