Given name

Janicia

Janicia is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Janicia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Janicia through the years

Babies since 1880
214
0 boys · 214 girls
Most popular year
1998
13 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246820002025Highest share 19980.0
Janicia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1987–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 219 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Janicia’s family of names

Janicia has a related form in Janis.

Walk Janicia’s family in the name graph

JaniciaJanisJaniccia

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Janicia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jakashia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Jakelia

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>99% girls

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Jescenia

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>99% girls

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Johneshia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jermecia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Alyzia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anterria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jakera

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Janicia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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