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Girl's name · #1634 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
Danica's best rank, #307, came in 2007; it has stepped well back to #1634 today. Roughly 17,000 girls have been named Danica since 1916.
Danica climbed in 2007, with SSA crediting the visibility of racing driver Danica Patrick.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Danica is especially popular in Serbia.
#10 in Serbia (2025) · #685 in Austria (2025) · #935 in Canada (2025) · #1,047 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #4,867 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,337 in Ecuador (2025) · #9,602 in Italy (2024) · #790 in Scotland (2024) · #727 in Ireland (2023) · #4,421 in France (2022) · #422 in New Zealand (2015) and 1 more.
Among 179 notable people named Danica:
Entertainers appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Danica McKellar, American actress, mathematics writer, and education advocate (born 1975).
Together with its spelling variant Danika (#2550), Danica would rank around #1183 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Danica and Danika.
Similar names: Danika · Janiya · Daniella · Anika · Taya · Dasha
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