Girls' name · since 1979
Dannika
571 babies named Dannika in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 571
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dannika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 571 have been recorded since 1979.
Dannika has 571 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2020.
- #10,881 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 571 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dannika ranks #10,881 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 571 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,881 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 571
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dannika's 571 recorded births place it above 84.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Dannika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dannika's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 53, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dannika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2020
- Peak year (2008)
- 53
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Dannika by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (264 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Dannika's strongest decade.
264 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Dannika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 84
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
264 births
- 2010s
2010s
185 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 264 births (46% of all-time use).
How Dannika 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 Dannika's total volume
Dannika by state
Where Dannika concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 24 | 4.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Oregon | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Washington | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
24 of 571 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Dannika's decade-level peak was the 2000s (264 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dannikas (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Dannika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1979–2020 (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 Dannika 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.