Janise
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-NEES
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Janise is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Janise 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 Janise a girl's or a boy's name?
Janise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Janise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Janise, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1953, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1933.
2025 had more girls named Janise than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Janise in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janise in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 42 | #2,825 |
| 1991 | 29 | #3,627 |
| 1990 | 46 | #2,566 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 28 | #2,599 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,432 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,370 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,835 |
| 1953 | 54 | #1,317 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,181 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,652 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,881 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,199 |
| 1946 | 18 | #2,227 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,666 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
Nicknames for Janise
- Jan 63 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Janise
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michelle, Janelle, Danielle, Jamie, Joelle, Jolene, Josette, Jacqueline, Nicole, Jasmine, Julie, Noelle
Names related to Janise
Janis, Jenise, Janissa, Janisa, Janisha, Janese, Janesa, Janeisha
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, “Janise: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janise, updated 20 October 2026.