Danita — #12238 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Danita

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,516 babies named Danita between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Danita currently holds the #12238 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 314 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,680 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Danita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 527 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Danita in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 7,516 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.