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Janice

Gender
Girl
Say it
JAN-iss
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,514 for girls

Janice is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 2,514th for girls in the US (70 babies).

What does Janice mean?

Hebrew: elaboration of Jane

“God is gracious”

An elaboration of Jane, first used by Paul Leicester Ford for the heroine of his 1899 novel Janice Meredith.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Janice a girl's or a boy's name?

Janice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 70 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Janice in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,206th among girls
Babies in 2025
13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Janice, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Janice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#49), 1954 (#35) and 1964 (#73).

1996Busiest: 18 in 20102025
Janice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
20249#2,832
202315#1,955
202215#1,957
20215#4,148
20204#4,744
201911#2,420
201813#2,198
201712#2,336
20169#2,893
201517#1,813
201414#2,076
201313#2,174
201216#1,914
201113#2,152
201018#1,694
200914#1,957
200817#1,679
200713#1,964
200616#1,614
200514#1,692
20047#2,669
200311#1,831
20024#3,556
20017#2,341
20007#2,304
19996#2,559
19985#2,855
19978#2,073
199614#1,381

How popular is Janice in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,514th among girls
Babies in 2025
70 about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 70 girls in the US were named Janice, making it the 2,514th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,959th. Its busiest year was 1951, with 15,958 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.

2025 had fewer girls named Janice than any year since 1908.

Half of all the girls named Janice in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1958, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 80 girls in the US were given Janice or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,979, up from #2,514 for this spelling alone.

1894Busiest: 15,958 in 19512025
Janice in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202570#2,514
202483#2,248
202398#2,002
202290#2,123
202187#2,154
202097#1,959
2019141#1,528
2018154#1,435
2017148#1,495
2016165#1,406
2015198#1,238
2014178#1,326
2013188#1,264
2012192#1,257
2011192#1,244
2010236#1,051
2009331#842
2008254#1,030
2007286#947
2006260#996
2005238#1,021
2004285#861
2003245#954
2002325#746
2001273#837
2000310#743
1999298#749
1998311#711
1997311#691
1996338#657
1995362#613
1994420#561
1993450#532
1992462#514
1991485#491
1990514#475
1989546#445
1988631#380
1987669#355
1986657#361
1985688#342
1984758#313
1983772#301
1982880#276
1981890#277
19801,004#257
19791,078#240
19781,162#216
19771,143#215
19761,155#213
19751,310#191
19741,323#193
19731,474#183
19721,713#171
19712,144#151
19702,331#145
19692,631#131
19683,043#110
19673,514#99
19664,345#80
19655,029#73
19646,161#69
19637,074#63
19627,822#58
19618,727#52
19609,620#41
195910,489#37
195810,888#35
195711,968#32
195613,017#26
195513,178#25
195413,505#25
195314,627#22
195214,978#23
195115,958#21
195015,012#22
194914,453#24
194814,162#23
194715,409#22
194614,039#22
194510,781#24
19449,733#28
194310,651#26
194210,286#25
194110,061#22
19409,318#22
19398,778#24
19388,711#24
19377,768#25
19366,150#31
19354,442#47
19343,588#68
19333,061#81
19322,628#94
19312,287#104
19301,930#126
19291,690#136
19281,565#149
19271,468#159
19261,467#159
19251,510#157
19241,175#187
1923787#233
1922745#239
1921732#246
1920670#254
1919589#263
1918510#280
1917455#289
1916372#314
1915285#353
1914225#353
1913157#386
1912142#387
1911117#374
191089#417
190978#413
190859#468
190740#580
190651#477
190542#528
190436#559
190335#549
190243#478
190134#520
190037#567
189913#906
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18945#1,484

Nicknames for Janice

Names like Janice

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Janelle, Betsy, Joanne, Michelle, Bonnie, Josephine, Jane, Elsie, Nancy, Jacqueline, Billie, Annie

Other spellings of Janice

Janis

Names related to Janice

Janki, Janika, Janiece, Janique, Janecia, Jenice, Jancy, Janica

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Janice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janice, updated 20 October 2026.