Danita
Danita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 551st, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1961314 births
- Best rank
- #551in 1958
- Since 1932
- 7,516people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,516 girls have been named Danita in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 314 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 314 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Danita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 110 | |
| 1950s | 1,466 | |
| 1960s | 2,680 | |
| 1970s | 1,897 | |
| 1980s | 806 | |
| 1990s | 307 | |
| 2000s | 137 | |
| 2010s | 62 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Danita was the 562nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Danita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Juliepeak 1958
- Doripeak 1961
- Julipeak 1961
- Tamrapeak 1959
- Danettepeak 1966
- Jodypeak 1958
- Beckipeak 1961
- Kandypeak 1965
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.