Danica

Meaning: Morning star
Origin: Slavic — From Slavic mythology's personification of Venus

Girl's name · #1634 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Danica's best rank, #307, came in 2007; it has stepped well back to #1634 today. Roughly 17,000 girls have been named Danica since 1916.

Danica climbed in 2007, with SSA crediting the visibility of racing driver Danica Patrick.

Across the states

See where Danica is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Danica is especially popular in Serbia.

#10 in Serbia (2025) · #685 in Austria (2025) · #1,047 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,200 in Sweden (2025) · #838 in Canada (2024).

Famous Danicas

Danica Patrick — American racecar driver (born 1982)
Danica McKellar — American actress and writer
Danica Curcic — Serbian-born Danish actress
Danica Roem — American journalist and politician
Danica Grujičić — Serbian physician (born 1959)

In stories & tradition

Danica^ru — Slavic mythological creature
Danica Talos — Blade: Trinity (film)
Danica Maupoissant — Canticle (book)

What Danicas become

Among 179 notable people named Danica:

Entertainers appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Danica McKellar, American actress and writer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Danika (#2550), Danica would rank around #1183 with about 200 births last year — the newborns split about 65/35 between Danica and Danika.

Similar names: Danika · Yuliana · Daniella · Anika · Taya · Dasha

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