How Many People Are Named Danita?
people named Danita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 50,853 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,516 babies named Danita in Social Security records from 1932 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
314 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine diminutive of DANIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Danita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Danita alive today is about 55 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 48 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Danita first appears in the records in 1932 and was given most often in 1961, to 314 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1932 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Danita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #551, in 1958.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #551 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #602 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Danita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Danita were born in California than in any other state: about 469 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Danita was given 2.7 times as often in District of Columbia, 2.1 times in Louisiana and 2 times in Tennessee.
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