Jenice
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,927since 1921
Jenice over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jenice has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,583 | 22 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 |
| 1994 | #3,302 | 34 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #3,267 | 34 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,211 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,782 | 41 |
| 1961 | #1,499 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 |
| 1959 | #1,567 | 48 |
| 1958 | #1,908 | 33 |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,907 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #1,746 | 32 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 |
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| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 |
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First appearance
1921
The first year at least five girls were named Jenice! It came in at #4,464, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1926, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jenice is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jenice in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1961 at #1,499 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,129
- Highest: 1 in 34,129 girls born in 1974 were named Jenice (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,499 in 1961, was only 1 in 36,045 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 16.5% of all girls named Jenice (318) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,375 |
| 1930s | 65 | #2,300 (1939) | #3,327 |
| 1940s | 106 | #2,109 (1940) | #3,198 |
| 1950s | 318 | #1,567 (1959) | #1,960 |
| 1960s | 317 | #1,499 (1961) | #2,207 |
| 1970s | 289 | #1,961 (1974) | #2,715 |
| 1980s | 315 | #2,645 (1982) | #2,948 |
| 1990s | 253 | #3,221 (1993) | #4,398 |
| 2000s | 163 | #4,179 (2002) | #7,754 |
| 2010s | 77 | #8,580 (2013) | #10,892 |
| 2020s | 12 | #12,142 (2020) | #13,697 |
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.
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