Janica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NEE-kuh
- Origin
- Modern
Janica is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Janica come from?
Modern: modern invented name, perhaps from Jan or Jana
Is Janica a girl's or a boy's name?
Janica is a girls' name.
How popular is Janica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Janica in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Janica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Samantha, Amanda, Kayla, Melissa, Johanna, Christina, Miranda, Joanna, Jenna, Tabitha, Natasha
Names related to Janica
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Janica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janica, updated 20 October 2026.