Danita
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 311 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,516since 1932
Danita over time
Rank among girls' names. Danita has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 |
| 1996 | #2,966 | 40 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 |
| 1990 | #2,640 | 44 |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 |
| 1984 | #1,475 | 78 |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 |
| 1982 | #1,357 | 91 |
| 1981 | #1,396 | 88 |
| 1980 | #1,136 | 120 |
| 1979 | #1,125 | 119 |
| 1978 | #939 | 150 |
| 1977 | #717 | 216 |
| 1976 | #830 | 167 |
| 1975 | #770 | 184 |
| 1974 | #714 | 203 |
| 1973 | #745 | 187 |
| 1972 | #705 | 205 |
| 1971 | #671 | 231 |
| 1970 | #675 | 235 |
| 1969 | #641 | 239 |
| 1968 | #618 | 242 |
| 1967 | #629 | 228 |
| 1966 | #595 | 251 |
| 1965 | #605 | 257 |
| 1964 | #598 | 277 |
| 1963 | #569 | 298 |
| 1962 | #591 | 282 |
| 1961 | #562 | 314 |
| 1960 | #577 | 292 |
| 1959 | #568 | 296 |
| 1958 | #551 | 311 |
| 1957 | #607 | 259 |
| 1956 | #679 | 199 |
| 1955 | #775 | 153 |
| 1954 | #1,064 | 85 |
| 1953 | #1,146 | 71 |
| 1952 | #1,454 | 44 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,008 | 23 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
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| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
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| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Danita! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Danita is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#416 · 1 in 3,159
- Georgia#703 · 1 in 5,881
- Louisiana#807 · 1 in 6,142
- Ohio#850 · 1 in 10,473
- Michigan#972 · 1 in 12,054
Best ever in a state: #226 in District of Columbia, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #416 | 9 | 1 in 3,159 |
| Georgia | #703 | 6 | 1 in 5,881 |
| Louisiana | #807 | 5 | 1 in 6,142 |
| Ohio | #850 | 7 | 1 in 10,473 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 12,054 |
| New York | #1,306 | 7 | 1 in 14,266 |
| California | #1,314 | 12 | 1 in 14,475 |
| Texas | #1,725 | 5 | 1 in 23,976 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Danita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1955 (#1,064 → #775)
- Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1978 (#717 → #939)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1958 at #551 (311 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1955–1978
- Highest: 1 in 6,428 girls born in 1961 were named Danita (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #551 in 1958, was only 1 in 6,468 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.7% of all girls named Danita (2,680) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 38 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,761 |
| 1940s | 110 | #2,008 (1948) | #2,732 |
| 1950s | 1,466 | #551 (1958) | #1,085 |
| 1960s | 2,680 | #562 (1961) | #599 |
| 1970s | 1,897 | #671 (1971) | #789 |
| 1980s | 806 | #1,136 (1980) | #1,574 |
| 1990s | 307 | #2,640 (1990) | #4,037 |
| 2000s | 137 | #5,937 (2000) | #8,592 |
| 2010s | 62 | #10,235 (2013) | #12,550 |
| 2020s | 13 | #12,161 (2024) | #12,812 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Danita in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 13,836 of them was named Danita, which outranked 90.7% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,125Suzette121
- #1,125Tiara121
- #1,125Trinity121
- #1,136Danita120
- #1,136Jazmin120
- #1,136Luisa120
- #1,136Marquita120
- #1,141Cherise119
- #1,141Elicia119
- #1,141Imelda119
Tied with 4 names at #1,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.