Janice

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Janice: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Janice: Recorded every year since 1952, it reached #22 in 1955, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
88times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#22highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for
5names it appears alongside

What stands out in Janice's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#2770
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#3409
2003	#1722
2004	#2530
2005	#1589
2006	#1502
2007	#1854
2008	#1641
2009	#1909
2010	#1584
2011	#2025
2012	#1809
2013	#2062
2014	#2058
2015	#1711
2016	#2966
2017	#2201
2018	#2090
2019	#2869
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#1948
2023	#1959
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 36 of the 46 years from 1964 to 2009.

In 2009: #742 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1909 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #32 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1954–1964
Highest recorded position: #22 among girls in New Zealand, in 1955 (recorded 1954–1964).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Janice appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 36 ranked years and 1,105 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1952.

Janice across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Janice's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#117 (1980)	#742 (2009)	36 of 46	1,105 (1964–2009)	66 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1364 (1996)	#2771 (2024)	29 of 29	313 (1996–2024)	18 (2010)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#32 (1952)	#31 (1953)	#94 (1963)	11 of 12	2,042 (1952–1963)	314 (1953)
New Zealand · Girls	#23 (1954)	#22 (1955)	#91 (1964)	11 of 11	1,881 (1954–1964)	240 (1955)

Janice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Janice in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	120	6 of 10	20
1970sbusiest	455	10 of 10	46
1980s	423	10 of 10	42
1990s	103	9 of 10	11
2000s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 46 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Janice appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #22 in New Zealand in 1955.

Janice's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#58	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	216	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	272	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	female	#31	314	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	female	#32	291	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New Zealand	female	#91	78	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#85	93	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#72	112	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	female	#56	135	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	female	#45	156	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	female	#40	170	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	female	#30	218	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	female	#31	209	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	female	#25	231	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	female	#22	240	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	female	#23	239	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#358	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	14	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	21	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#217	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#203	20	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	29	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	18	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#198	24	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	43	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	32	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#152	41	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#132	53	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	64	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#138	53	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#117	66	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	64	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#156	42	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	49	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#153	46	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#137	53	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	55	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	46	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	38	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#165	36	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	26	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	20	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	26	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	23	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#167	22	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 73 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #22, first reached in 1955.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 13 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 314 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Janey · #1722, 22y
Janiah · #3695, 11y
Janicke · #166, 40y
Janie · #518, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denise · #22, 73y
Derek · #22, 72y
Jeanette · #23, 68y
Therese · #21, 72y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Brent · #22, 63y
Denise · #22, 73y
Derek · #22, 72y
Tony · #22, 74y

Comparisons involving Janice

Existing comparison pages where Janice and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Janice and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Joanne vs Janice
In New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Joanne moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1957 as Janice fell out of it to #58, having been #45 the year before.
Joanne · Janice · 11 shared years, 1952–1963 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1957 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Angela vs Janice
In New Zealand · Girls, Angela moved into the top 50 at #37 in 1961 as Janice fell out of it to #56, having been #45 the year before.
Angela · Janice · 11 shared years, 1954–1964 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1961 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Janice measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Janice at its highest position.

Karen vs Janice
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Karen #1 in 1957, Janice #22 in 1955.
Karen · Janice · 11 shared years, 1954–1964 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1957 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Janice was ranked #22 in New Zealand · Girls in 1955. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Janice and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Janice without appearing here.

Janice moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #1959 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1948 and #4645.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Janice

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #938.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Janice

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 while Aisling went from #154 to #45.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 while Alexandra went from #222 to #78.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 while Anna went from #34 to #16.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 while Charlotte went from #171 to #72.

Moved the same way as Janice

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 and Audrey from #85 to #488.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 and Deirdre from #14 to #488.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 and Eileen from #17 to #284.
Evelyn Compare
Between 1964 and 2009 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Janice went from #234 to #742 and Evelyn from #83 to #190.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #22 in New Zealand in 1955. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Janice

Janice at a glance

What stands out in Janice's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janice across 4 official records

Janice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Janice appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Janice

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Janice

Janice and the names beside it

Janice moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Janice

Moved the opposite way to Janice

Moved the same way as Janice

Janice at a glance

What stands out in Janice's record

Janice across 4 official records

Janice by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Janice appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Janice

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Janice

Janice and the names beside it

Janice moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Janice

Moved the opposite way to Janice

Moved the same way as Janice