Janyce
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 81 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,861since 1918
Janyce over time
Rank among girls' names. Janyce has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | — | |
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| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,537 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 |
| 1952 | #1,156 | 67 |
| 1951 | #1,254 | 55 |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,015 | 78 |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1947 | #958 | 86 |
| 1946 | #970 | 74 |
| 1945 | #1,155 | 46 |
| 1944 | #1,140 | 47 |
| 1943 | #902 | 74 |
| 1942 | #1,116 | 50 |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 |
| 1939 | #987 | 51 |
| 1938 | #775 | 81 |
| 1937 | #950 | 53 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,568 | 24 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Janyce! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Janyce is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#569 · 1 in 9,309
- Texas#718 · 1 in 9,148
- California#977 · 1 in 18,571
Best ever in a state: #191 in Nebraska, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #569 | 9 | 1 in 9,309 |
| Texas | #718 | 10 | 1 in 9,148 |
| California | #977 | 6 | 1 in 18,571 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Janyce
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1943 (#1,116 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1944 (#902 → #1,140)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1938 at #775 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1956, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1937–1939
- Highest: 1 in 13,623 girls born in 1938 were named Janyce (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 33.3% of all girls named Janyce (619) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 65 | #2,301 (1929) | #3,810 |
| 1930s | 381 | #775 (1938) | #1,339 |
| 1940s | 619 | #902 (1943) | #1,042 |
| 1950s | 447 | #1,156 (1952) | #1,587 |
| 1960s | 132 | #2,307 (1960) | #4,095 |
| 1970s | 22 | #7,984 (1975) | #8,548 |
| 1980s | 13 | #7,398 (1984) | #8,958 |
| 1990s | 63 | #6,672 (1994) | #10,207 |
| 2000s | 90 | #8,505 (2003) | #11,148 |
| 2010s | 24 | #13,448 (2010) | #14,998 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Janyce in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
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1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 25,726 of them was named Janyce, which outranked 81.9% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,085Romona67
- #1,085Sherida67
- #1,085Simone67
- #1,095Janyce66
- #1,095Adrian66
- #1,095Carmelita66
- #1,095Joleen66
- #1,105Abby65
- #1,105Ellyn65
- #1,105Elois65
Tied with 9 names at #1,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.