# Danika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danika/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,697 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,697 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 421, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Danica, a female given name of Slavic origin.

## 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 | 475 | 605 |
| 2012 | 414 | 682 |
| 2013 | 361 | 750 |
| 2014 | 357 | 784 |
| 2015 | 267 | 1,006 |
| 2016 | 226 | 1,121 |
| 2017 | 166 | 1,387 |
| 2018 | 167 | 1,349 |
| 2019 | 144 | 1,511 |
| 2020 | 116 | 1,733 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,772 |
| 2022 | 115 | 1,785 |
| 2023 | 87 | 2,182 |
| 2024 | 78 | 2,352 |
| 2025 | 69 | 2,550 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,362 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Danika

- Danika Yarosh, American 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.