Jenice
Feminine
Changing the first vowel changes which family the name appears to belong to. Janice reads as a relative of Jane; Jenice reads as a relative of Jennifer, and since the two are unrelated names with unrelated histories, one letter is moving the whole thing across a boundary.
How old is the name Jenice?
Jenice first appears in US birth records in 1921 — 104 years ago. The typical Jenice alive today was born around 1974, making them about 51 years old. About 1,700 people named Jenice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jenice most popular?
Jenice peaked in 1961, reaching #1499 nationally. See the whole 1961 chart.
Where it comes from
From Janice to Jenice
The story of Jenice
The ending looks French and the name it belongs to was made in America. Nothing about the -ice closing is a French formation; it looks like one because Patrice and Clarice arrived from that direction and set the pattern, and once a pattern exists English will apply it to anything. The name underneath was invented outright for a historical novel at the very end of the nineteenth century, went into the charts within a generation, and has been treated ever since as though it had a European past. It has an American one, and a fairly short one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name it respells was coined rather than inherited and has no meaning of its own. Neither of the families it now appears to belong to can claim it, so nothing translatable is available.
How the name formed
- Janice
- Jenice
Pronouncing Jenice
juh-NEECE
Two syllables with the weight at the back. Some families front the stress and say JEN-iss, and the spelling supports either.
Nicknames for Jenice
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1921
- Most girls named
- 196156 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1499reached in 1961
- Change vs 2018
- −44.4%5 in 2021, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jenices among us
people named Jenice are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jenice sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Jen sits inside it as a completely familiar short form.
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- It is far rarer than the standard spelling while sounding nearly identical.
- Janice is standard and this spelling gets corrected constantly.
- The stress placement is unsettled and strangers will guess.
- No meaning can be given, because the base name was invented.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jenices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Jenice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jenice in 2025?
- Jenice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Jenice with classmates?
- Jenice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More J names
The most-given names starting with J, all years combined.
Jennifer#586 · Jessica#665 · Janet#2778 · Julie#872 · Joyce#1071 · Joan#1085 · Julia#131 · Jean#2117
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