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Danica

Danica means “morning star” (Slavic origin). 16,512 US babies since 1940, peak 2007.

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What it means

“morning star”

SlavicWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2007

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

16,512 US babies were named Danica between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Danica (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 57% of the family

  • Danica 57%
  • Danika 37%
  • Dannika 2%
  • Dannica 2%
  • Danyka 1%
  • Daneka 1%
  • Daniqua 1%
  • Danicka 1%
  • Danaka <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2007)