# Danica (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danica/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdænɪkə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Danika |
| US babies named this | 16,522 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 16,522 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 418, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Slavic female given name, from the Slavic name for the Morning Star (an aspect of the planet Venus).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 647 | 459 |
| 2012 | 599 | 509 |
| 2013 | 524 | 558 |
| 2014 | 553 | 558 |
| 2015 | 403 | 708 |
| 2016 | 325 | 867 |
| 2017 | 314 | 871 |
| 2018 | 263 | 995 |
| 2019 | 226 | 1,097 |
| 2020 | 203 | 1,158 |
| 2021 | 233 | 1,075 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,309 |
| 2023 | 139 | 1,534 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,554 |
| 2025 | 127 | 1,634 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 1,815 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Danica

- Danica Patrick, American racecar driver (born 1982)
- Danica McKellar, American actress and writer
- Danica Roem, American journalist and politician
- Danica Dillan, American pornographic actress
- Avril Haines, 7th Director of National Intelligence
- Nika McGuigan, actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.