Danika Girl
How popular is Danika?
#2,542 girl name in 2025
69 baby girls were named Danika in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
Danika popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,542 for girls (▼ 195 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 69 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,006 in 2015, #1,728 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (709 girls) |
| Highest rank | #454 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Danika counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Danica family of names ranked #1,022 for girls in 2025 (#991 the year before), with 196 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Danica | 127 | 65% |
| Danika | 69 | 35% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Danika is most popular
Babies named Danika per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (71 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Danika by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40 | #3,773 |
| 1970s | 532 | #1,350 |
| 1980s | 1,033 | #871 |
| 1990s | 1,733 | #881 |
| 2000s | 3,623 | #454 |
| 2010s | 3,156 | #516 |
| 2020s | 580 | #1,728 |
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Questions
- Is Danika a boy or girl name?
- Danika is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Danika were girls.
- How popular is the name Danika?
- 69 baby girls were named Danika in the US in 2025, making it the 2542nd most popular girl name.
- When was Danika most popular?
- Danika peaked in 2007, when 709 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #454 in 2007.
- How many people are named Danika?
- 10,697 babies have been named Danika in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,558 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Danika most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Danika was most common in Oregon, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.