Girls' name · since 1972
Daneka
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 201 babies named Daneka, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daneka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 201 have been recorded since 1972.
Daneka has 201 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2007.
- #19,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daneka ranks #19,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Daneka's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daneka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daneka's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2007
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Daneka by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (78 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Daneka's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Daneka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 78 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Daneka's decade-level peak was the 1990s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daneka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daneka draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.