girl's name

Janica

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 626

Janica is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1989, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1951.

Janica over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

178
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Janica by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 33
1960s 31
1970s 115
1980s 178
1990s 122
2000s 88
2010s (to 2017) 26

How popular is Janica?

In 2017, Janica was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Janica is used

Canada #2,780 7 in 2012
United States #15,357 6 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Janica

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Janica also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Janica over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Janica

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Janica — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Janica

How popular is the name Janica?

In 2017, Janica was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Janica is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Janica most popular?

Janica peaked in 1989, when 28 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.