Girls' name · since 1935
Danice
Danice has 695 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Danice is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 695 have been recorded since 1935.
Danice has 695 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2002.
- #9,558 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 695 born since 1935
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danice ranks #9,558 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 695 born since 1935, peaking in the 1950s.
- #9,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 695
- born since 1935
- 1950s
- peak decade
Danice's 695 recorded births place it above 86.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Danice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danice splits its recorded history at 1968: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2002
- Peak year (1954)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Danice by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (181 births, 26% of the file).
1950s was Danice's strongest decade.
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Danice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 55
1930s
55 births
- 1940s
1940s
82 births
- 1950s
1950s
181 births
- 1960s
1960s
155 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s 66
1980s
66 births
- 1990s 60
1990s
60 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 181 births (26% of all-time use).
How Danice compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Danice's total volume
Danice by state
Where Danice concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.9% |
10 of 695 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Danice's decade-level peak was the 1950s (181 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Danices (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Danice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1935–2002 (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 Danice 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.