Danica

#1,631 for girls in 2025, 127 births

Peak · girls
2007 · 1,109 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,522
since 1916

Danica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Danica has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #307, 2007girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,631127
2024#1,553137
2023#1,534139
2022#1,309180
2021#1,075233
2020#1,158203
2019#1,096226
2018#994263
2017#870314
2016#865325
2015#708403
2014#557553
2013#558524
2012#509599
2011#459647
2010#425737
2009#377861
2008#336991
2007#3071,109
2006#353935
2005#611465
2004#1,118204
2003#1,227172
2002#1,185173
2001#1,348142
2000#1,075192
1999#1,159168
1998#1,133167
1997#1,079174
1996#1,042178
1995#837234
1994#775262
1993#719296
1992#773267
1991#728285
1990#638351
1989#639328
1988#860207
1987#970163
1986#955165
1985#856188
1984#797200
1983#880172
1982#950156
1981#955153
1980#925161
1979#894167
1978#964144
1977#921152
1976#1,104109
1975#1,066110
1974#1,107105
1973#1,45865
1972#1,50263
1971#1,61358
1970#1,34378
1969#1,60955
1968#1,60751
1967#1,94736
1966#2,24928
1965#1,80140
1964#2,41226
1963#3,17616
1962#3,29315
1961#3,18916
1960#5,1687
1959#4,3009
1958#4,5208
1957#4,2029
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1955#5,8285
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1953#5,6735
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Danica! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1950, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Danica is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedNHWashington: #325 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,966 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #309 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,176 girlsMNIllinois: #775 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,027 girlsILWisconsin: #545 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,883 girlsWIMichigan: #658 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,045 girlsMINew York: #934 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 8,485 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 734 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedIAIndiana: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,906 girlsINOhio: #788 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 8,731 girlsOHPennsylvania: #516 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,489 girlsPANew Jersey: #623 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,332 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #506 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 3,297 girlsCAUtah: #357 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedNEMissouri: #345 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedWVVirginia: #766 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,421 girlsVAMaryland: #562 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,618 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedDEArizona: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,238 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #661 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,812 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #392 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,464 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Danica, so not publishedHITexas: #775 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 6,352 girlsTXFlorida: #865 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,703 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#169 · 1 in 734
  2. Minnesota#309 · 1 in 2,176
  3. Washington#325 · 1 in 1,966
  4. Missouri#345 · 1 in 2,502
  5. Utah#357 · 1 in 1,920

Best ever in a state: #49 in North Dakota, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#16951 in 734
Minnesota#309131 in 2,176
Washington#325151 in 1,966
Missouri#345131 in 2,502
Utah#35771 in 1,920
Oklahoma#39271 in 2,464
California#506741 in 3,297
Pennsylvania#516161 in 4,489
Wisconsin#54561 in 4,883
Maryland#56261 in 4,618
Indiana#57271 in 4,906
New Jersey#62391 in 5,332
Arizona#62661 in 4,238
Michigan#658101 in 6,045
North Carolina#66171 in 5,812
Virginia#76651 in 7,421
Illinois#775111 in 7,027
Texas#775211 in 6,352
Ohio#78881 in 8,731
Florida#865101 in 7,703
New York#934141 in 8,485
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Danica
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 78 spots since 2024 (#1,553#1,631)
  • 473 spots since 2020 (#1,158#1,631)
  • 923 spots since 2015 (#708#1,631)
  • Biggest jump: 507 spots in 2005 (#1,118#611)
  • Biggest drop: 205 spots in 1996 (#837#1,042)
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2007 at #307 (1,109 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1977–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,734
  • Highest: 1 in 1,734 girls born in 2007 were named Danica (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 12,656 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 31.7% of all girls named Danica (5,244) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#4,417 (1916)#4,613
1920s0
1930s0
1940s0
1950s42#4,202 (1957)#4,893
1960s290#1,607 (1968)#2,645
1970s1,051#894 (1979)#1,197
1980s1,893#639 (1989)#879
1990s2,382#638 (1990)#888
2000s5,244#307 (2007)#794
2010s4,591#425 (2010)#704
2020s1,019#1,075 (2021)#1,377

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Danica in 1989

girls
#639
328 births · 1 in 5,621 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #639Danica328
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 5,621 of them was named Danica, which outranked 95.6% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danica
  1. #636Emilee330
  2. #636Lorraine330
  3. #638Cori329
  4. #639Danica328
  5. #639Janine328
  6. #641Noemi326
  7. #642Sofia323
  8. #643Genesis322

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989