Girls' name · peaked in 2007
Danica name popularity since 1925
16,512 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Danica. Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Danica is about 19 years old in 2026. Danica peaked in 2007 as the #307 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,512
- Named Danica, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,634 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 16,512 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Washington
- 2.45× its national share
Peak year is the year Danica made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Danica births per year, 1925–2025
2007 was the biggest year for Danica both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, Danica became 6.2× more common, from 1 in 12,700 baby girls to 1 in 2,030.
- Steepest fall: Between 2014 and 2019, its share of baby girls fell by 57%, from 1 in 3,230 to 1 in 7,430.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Danica's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Danica.
Decade by decade
Babies named Danica in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 42 | #6,007 |
| 1960s | 290 | #1,803 |
| 1970s | 1,051 | #1,071 |
| 1980s | 1,893 | #856 |
| 1990s | 2,382 | #837 |
| 2000s | 5,244 | #611 |
| 2010s | 4,591 | #708 |
| 2020–25 | 1,019 | #1,634 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
46.9% of babies named Danica from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Danica is most popular
The index compares Danica's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Danica.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 2.45× | 546 |
| Arizona | 2.25× | 389 |
| California | 2.00× | 2,822 |
| Minnesota | 1.37× | 332 |
| Wisconsin | 1.20× | 315 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Danica and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Danica (this page) | 16,512 | 2007 |
| Danika | 10,697 | 2007 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Danica's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Danica.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Danica (2007).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data