Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Janice

#92 most common girls' name of all time · #178 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1894–2025

Rank among girls
#92
Rank overall
#178 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
407,605
Since 2016
1,133
Peak year
1951 #21
Best rank
#21 1951
Girls Boys peak 15,981/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Janice first appears in 1894. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 70 — 70 #2,521
2024 83 — 83 #2,251
2023 98 — 98 #2,006
2022 90 — 90 #2,127
2021 87 — 87 #2,158
2020 97 — 97 #1,960
2019 141 — 141 #1,531
2018 154 — 154 #1,436
2017 148 — 148 #1,498
2016 165 — 165 #1,407
2015 198 — 198 #1,238
2014 178 — 178 #1,327
2013 188 — 188 #1,264
2012 192 — 192 #1,259
2011 192 — 192 #1,245
2010 236 — 236 #1,051
2009 331 — 331 #842
2008 254 — 254 #1,032
2007 286 — 286 #947
2006 260 — 260 #998
2005 238 — 238 #1,022
2004 285 — 285 #861
2003 245 — 245 #955
2002 325 — 325 #747
2001 273 — 273 #837
2000 310 — 310 #744
1999 298 — 298 #750
1998 311 — 311 #711
1997 311 — 311 #692
1996 338 — 338 #657
1995 362 — 362 #613
1994 420 — 420 #562
1993 450 — 450 #533
1992 462 — 462 #515
1991 485 — 485 #491
1990 514 — 514 #476
1989 546 — 546 #446
1988 631 5 636 #380
1987 669 6 675 #356
1986 657 9 666 #361
1985 688 8 696 #342
1984 758 — 758 #313
1983 772 6 778 #301
1982 880 — 880 #276
1981 890 — 890 #277
1980 1,004 — 1,004 #257
1979 1,078 6 1,084 #240
1978 1,162 7 1,169 #216
1977 1,143 — 1,143 #215
1976 1,155 5 1,160 #213
1975 1,310 6 1,316 #191
1974 1,323 6 1,329 #193
1973 1,474 11 1,485 #183
1972 1,713 14 1,727 #171
1971 2,144 15 2,159 #151
1970 2,331 14 2,345 #146
1969 2,631 9 2,640 #131
1968 3,043 11 3,054 #110
1967 3,514 10 3,524 #99
1966 4,345 13 4,358 #80
1965 5,029 19 5,048 #73
1964 6,161 27 6,188 #69
1963 7,074 27 7,101 #63
1962 7,822 24 7,846 #58
1961 8,727 32 8,759 #52
1960 9,620 45 9,665 #41
1959 10,489 27 10,516 #37
1958 10,888 28 10,916 #35
1957 11,968 25 11,993 #32
1956 13,017 31 13,048 #26
1955 13,178 37 13,215 #25
1954 13,505 25 13,530 #25
1953 14,627 23 14,650 #22
1952 14,978 17 14,995 #23
1951 15,958 23 15,981 #21
1950 15,012 25 15,037 #22
1949 14,453 18 14,471 #24
1948 14,162 31 14,193 #23
1947 15,409 32 15,441 #22
1946 14,039 30 14,069 #22
1945 10,781 22 10,803 #24
1944 9,733 32 9,765 #28
1943 10,651 39 10,690 #26
1942 10,286 45 10,331 #25
1941 10,061 38 10,099 #22
1940 9,318 47 9,365 #22
1939 8,778 37 8,815 #24
1938 8,711 37 8,748 #24
1937 7,768 34 7,802 #25
1936 6,150 23 6,173 #31
1935 4,442 19 4,461 #47
1934 3,588 11 3,599 #68
1933 3,061 8 3,069 #81
1932 2,628 15 2,643 #94
1931 2,287 11 2,298 #104
1930 1,930 10 1,940 #126
1929 1,690 5 1,695 #137
1928 1,565 5 1,570 #149
1927 1,468 6 1,474 #159
1926 1,467 6 1,473 #159
1925 1,510 — 1,510 #157
1924 1,175 — 1,175 #187
1923 787 — 787 #233
1922 745 — 745 #239
1921 732 — 732 #246
1920 670 — 670 #254
1919 589 — 589 #264
1918 510 — 510 #280
1917 455 — 455 #289
1916 372 — 372 #314
1915 285 — 285 #354
1914 225 — 225 #354
1913 157 — 157 #386
1912 142 — 142 #388
1911 117 — 117 #376
1910 89 — 89 #420
1909 78 — 78 #417
1908 59 — 59 #473
1907 40 — 40 #587
1906 51 — 51 #485
1905 42 — 42 #535
1904 36 — 36 #569
1903 35 — 35 #557
1902 43 — 43 #484
1901 34 — 34 #529
1900 37 — 37 #575
1899 13 — 13 #934
1894 5 — 5 #1,680