Jenice

Peak · girls
1961 · 56 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,927
since 1921

Jenice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jenice has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,499, 1961girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
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2021#15,2515
2020#12,1427
2019—
2018#10,5459
2017#15,9025
2016—
2015#11,8358
2014#10,9559
2013#8,58013
2012#9,71111
2011#10,37410
2010#9,23112
2009#7,06618
2008#15,4056
2007#6,55220
2006#7,48216
2005#6,82017
2004#8,25913
2003#7,99813
2002#4,17930
2001#6,61916
2000#7,15814
1999#6,48415
1998#4,95521
1997#5,62617
1996#4,58322
1995#4,67721
1994#3,30234
1993#3,22135
1992#3,26734
1991#4,49722
1990#3,36432
1989#3,25332
1988#2,74438
1987#2,97232
1986#2,84533
1985#3,00830
1984#3,32925
1983#2,97528
1982#2,64535
1981#2,84731
1980#2,86631
1979#3,14726
1978#2,80129
1977#2,90927
1976#2,86526
1975#3,25921
1974#1,96143
1973#2,34932
1972#3,17720
1971#2,37532
1970#2,30733
1969#2,51527
1968#2,53824
1967#2,21229
1966#1,98234
1965#2,93818
1964#2,41226
1963#2,21129
1962#1,78241
1961#1,49956
1960#1,98233
1959#1,56748
1958#1,90833
1957#1,78437
1956#2,05828
1955#1,90731
1954#1,62339
1953#1,58638
1952#1,74632
1951#2,18221
1950#3,23511
1949#3,6129
1948#3,35010
1947#2,76914
1946#3,21710
1945#2,14916
1944#2,40114
1943#3,8017
1942#4,6225
1941#3,9546
1940#2,10915
1939#2,30013
1938#2,9409
1937#2,57011
1936#2,8579
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1934#4,2865
1933#3,4067
1932#4,4115
1931#3,8486
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1927#4,2866
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1921#4,4646
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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.

See more about Jenice
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s12#4,286 (1927)#4,375
1930s65#2,300 (1939)#3,327
1940s106#2,109 (1940)#3,198
1950s318#1,567 (1959)#1,960
1960s317#1,499 (1961)#2,207
1970s289#1,961 (1974)#2,715
1980s315#2,645 (1982)#2,948
1990s253#3,221 (1993)#4,398
2000s163#4,179 (2002)#7,754
2010s77#8,580 (2013)#10,892
2020s12#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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