Girls' name · since 1967
Denica
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 194 babies named Denica, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 194 have been recorded since 1967.
Denica has 194 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2007.
- #20,117 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 194 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Denica ranks #20,117 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 194 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #20,117 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 194
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Denica's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Denica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Denica's full recorded timeline at 1984, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Denica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2007
- Peak year (1981)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Denica by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (73 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Denica's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Denica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 73 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Denica's decade-level peak was the 1980s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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 Denica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1967–2007 (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 Denica 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.