Denica

Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Denitsa

Denica has been given to 194 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1981, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Denica, 2007

1 in 666,000

Denica over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Denica: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Denitsa

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Denica means

Denica is a alternate transcription of Denitsa.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Denica is used in Bulgarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Denitsa.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 194 girls were recorded with the name Denica between 1967 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1981; its best national rank was #5,330 in 1981.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Denica?

Denica had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 666,000; 6 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 320,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,839 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Denica sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 461,839 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Denica. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Denicas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Denica was born before 1983 — so the typical Denica is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 51.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 194; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (73).

Is Denica rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1981 (13)
Years since peak: 44; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,330; 1981

Spellings of Denica

Denica is not the most common spelling — Denise is, with 33.6% against Denica's 0.02%.

Denise33.6%373,422
Monica22.6%251,274
Erica20.9%231,613
Delia3.4%37,318
Dena2.9%32,479
Danica1.5%16,522
Benita1.2%13,669
Danika0.96%10,697

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Denica around the world

Where Denica ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–1996
#3,795
in 1996
Canada
1994–1994
#2,260
in 1994
South Australia
1987–2008
#796
in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Denica by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,330; 1981
Peak year: 1981; 13 that year
First recorded: 1967
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 194
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Denica

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Denyla Denaly Deneka Denece Denylah Denaja Denym Deniyah Denaya Denina Denyce Denora Denene Denvyr Deniya Milica Denetta Denni Denell Denecia Denisia Dennys Deniss Denean

Sibling names for Denica

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shamika Kandi Fawn Joi Jessi Jenelle Charissa Latrice

For a brother

Chauncey Leopoldo Jerod Jamaal Wilfredo Antwan Ashley Jerrod

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