Danita
Danita is a given name, meaning "God is my judge". Notable people with the name include:Danita Angell, American model Danita Paner, Filipino pop-rock singer and actress
- English
Meaning & Origin of Danita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Danita is a given name, meaning "God is my judge". Notable people with the name include:Danita Angell, American model Danita Paner, Filipino pop-rock singer and actress
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Danita
American parents first put Danita on the record books as a baby girl name in 1932, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1961, when 314 Danitas were born — ranking #562 that year. About 36% of every Danita on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Danita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Danita
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Names that sound like Danita
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About the name Danita
Danita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Danita's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #562. Use the chart and map above to compare Danita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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