girl's name

Jenice

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,930

Jenice is a girl's name. In 2021 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1961, when 56 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1921.

Jenice over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

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'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jenice by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 12
1930s 65
1940s 106
1950s 318
1960s 317
1970s 289
1980s 315
1990s 253
2000s 163
2010s 77
2020s (to 2021) 12

How popular is Jenice?

In 2021, Jenice was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jenice is used

England & Wales #4,359 3 in 2001
United States #15,313 5 in 2021

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 Jenice

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

Parents who like Jenice also like

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

Sibling names for Jenice

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

Common questions about Jenice

How popular is the name Jenice?

In 2021, Jenice was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Jenice is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jenice most popular?

Jenice peaked in 1961, when 56 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.