Danica
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,631 for girls
Danica is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,631st for girls in the US (127 babies).
What does Danica mean?
Slavic
A female given name from the Slavic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Danica a girl's or a boy's name?
Danica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 127 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danica in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Danica, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Danica in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Danica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 23 | #1,087 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 27 | #895 |
| 1996 | 23 | #958 |
How popular is Danica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,631among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 127about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 127 girls in the US were named Danica, making it the 1,631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,158th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Danica than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Danica in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,631 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,553 |
| 2023 | 139 | #1,534 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 233 | #1,075 |
| 2020 | 203 | #1,158 |
| 2019 | 226 | #1,096 |
| 2018 | 263 | #994 |
| 2017 | 314 | #870 |
| 2016 | 325 | #865 |
| 2015 | 403 | #708 |
| 2014 | 553 | #557 |
| 2013 | 524 | #558 |
| 2012 | 599 | #509 |
| 2011 | 647 | #459 |
| 2010 | 737 | #425 |
| 2009 | 861 | #377 |
| 2008 | 991 | #336 |
| 2007 | 1,109 | #307 |
| 2006 | 935 | #353 |
| 2005 | 465 | #611 |
| 2004 | 204 | #1,117 |
| 2003 | 172 | #1,226 |
| 2002 | 173 | #1,184 |
| 2001 | 142 | #1,347 |
| 2000 | 192 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 168 | #1,157 |
| 1998 | 167 | #1,132 |
| 1997 | 174 | #1,078 |
| 1996 | 178 | #1,040 |
| 1995 | 234 | #836 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 296 | #719 |
| 1992 | 267 | #771 |
| 1991 | 285 | #728 |
| 1990 | 351 | #637 |
| 1989 | 328 | #638 |
| 1988 | 207 | #860 |
| 1987 | 163 | #970 |
| 1986 | 165 | #955 |
| 1985 | 188 | #856 |
| 1984 | 200 | #797 |
| 1983 | 172 | #880 |
| 1982 | 156 | #950 |
| 1981 | 153 | #955 |
| 1980 | 161 | #925 |
| 1979 | 167 | #894 |
| 1978 | 144 | #964 |
| 1977 | 152 | #921 |
| 1976 | 109 | #1,104 |
| 1975 | 110 | #1,066 |
| 1974 | 105 | #1,107 |
| 1973 | 65 | #1,458 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 58 | #1,613 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,343 |
| 1969 | 55 | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 51 | #1,607 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Danica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca Jessica Fatima Athena Alexandra Abigail Emily Jasmine Sienna Gabriella Mila Tabitha
Names related to Danica
More Slavic names
Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri Milah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Danica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danica, updated 20 October 2026.