How Many People Are Named Danica?
people named Danica are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 21,065 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,522 babies named Danica in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,109 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus". This name occurs in Slavic folklore as a personification of the morning star. It has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Danica in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Danica alive today is about 23 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Danica first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 2007, to 1,109 babies. In 2025, 127 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Danica has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #307, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #1,634.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,634 |
| Best rank | #307 (2007) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #561 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Danica alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Danica were born in California than in any other state: about 2,772 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Danica was given 2.3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.1 times in Washington and 2 times in South Dakota.
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