Danika

Meaning: Morning star
Origin: Slavic — Variant of Danica

Girl's name · #2550 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Danika's best rank, #454, came in 2007; it has stepped well back to #2550 today. Roughly 11,000 girls have been named Danika since 1966.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,218 in Canada (2025) · #1,495 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,938 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,705 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,446 in Italy (2023) · #4,371 in France (2021) · #792 in Poland (2015) · #806 in Scotland (2015) · #577 in Slovakia (2013) · #451 in N. Ireland (2012) · #416 in New Zealand (2011) · #764 in Ireland (2006).

Famous Danikas

Danika Yarosh — American actress (born 1998)
Danika Mason — Australian TV sports journalist (born 1991)
Danika Brace — American football player and coach (born 1988)
Danika Priim — England international rugby league player & commentator (born 1984)
Danika Atchia — Mauritian model (born 1997)

What Danikas become

Among 23 notable people named Danika:

Sports figures appear 2.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Danika Holbrook-Harris, American rower (born 1972).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Danica (#1634), Danika would rank around #1183 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Danica and Danika.

Similar names: Danica · Taya · Danae · Annika · Samarah · Dasha

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