Janiece
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NEES
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Janiece is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Janiece mean?
Hebrew: variant of Janice, an elaboration of Jane
“God is gracious”
Janice was popularised by Paul Leicester Ford's 1899 novel Janice Meredith.
Is Janiece a girl's or a boy's name?
Janiece is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janiece in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Janiece, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1993, with 78 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Janiece in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janiece in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 48 | #3,367 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 49 | #2,920 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 78 | #1,837 |
| 1992 | 47 | #2,607 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 45 | #2,330 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,990 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 42 | #2,327 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 27 | #2,942 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 30 | #2,146 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,891 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,093 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,671 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,678 |
| 1957 | 42 | #1,651 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,480 |
| 1953 | 50 | #1,372 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,659 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,441 |
| 1942 | 18 | #2,045 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,816 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 17 | #2,093 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,633 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
Nicknames for Janiece
- Jan 63 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Janiece
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Janelle, Michelle, Jacqueline, Jolene, Danielle, Jamie, Josette, Joelle, Jasmine, Nicole, Marlene, Simone
Names related to Janiece
Janice, Janique, Janecia, Janica, Janicia, Janeice, Jeniece, Jeanice
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Janiece: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janiece, updated 20 October 2026.