Janyce
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAN-iss
- Origin
- Hebrew
Janyce is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Janyce mean?
Hebrew: respelling of Janice, an elaboration of Jane
“God is gracious”
A respelling of Janice, which was formed as an elaboration of the name Jane.
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Is Janyce a girl's or a boy's name?
Janyce is a girls' name.
How popular is Janyce in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1947, with 86 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Janyce in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Janyce in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,813 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,988 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 53 | #1,376 |
| 1953 | 46 | #1,438 |
| 1952 | 67 | #1,155 |
| 1951 | 55 | #1,253 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1949 | 78 | #1,014 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,094 |
| 1947 | 86 | #957 |
| 1946 | 74 | #969 |
| 1945 | 46 | #1,154 |
| 1944 | 47 | #1,139 |
| 1943 | 74 | #902 |
| 1942 | 50 | #1,116 |
| 1941 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1939 | 51 | #987 |
| 1938 | 81 | #775 |
| 1937 | 53 | #950 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,022 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,135 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,568 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,802 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Janyce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jane, Judith, Josephine, Janice, June, Jeanette, Jacqueline, Joanne, Janie, Elaine, Marlene, Jayne
Names related to Janyce
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, “Janyce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/janyce, updated 20 October 2026.