Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Donica

#8,136 most common girls' name of all time · #13,614 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1952–2012

Rank among girls
#8,136
Rank overall
#13,614 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
802
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #2,871
Best rank
#2,726 1972
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
196019802000

Donica first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2012 5 — 5 #17,189
2010 8 — 8 #12,465
2009 5 — 5 #17,669
2008 6 — 6 #15,695
2006 6 — 6 #15,417
2003 7 — 7 #12,653
2002 5 — 5 #15,818
2001 8 — 8 #11,209
2000 10 — 10 #9,332
1999 9 — 9 #9,659
1998 12 — 12 #7,644
1997 12 — 12 #7,401
1996 16 — 16 #5,861
1995 12 — 12 #7,177
1994 13 — 13 #6,795
1993 14 — 14 #6,370
1992 13 — 13 #6,771
1991 14 — 14 #6,334
1990 26 — 26 #3,939
1989 26 — 26 #3,840
1988 14 — 14 #5,703
1987 16 — 16 #4,953
1986 18 — 18 #4,447
1985 21 — 21 #3,933
1984 28 — 28 #3,114
1983 23 — 23 #3,492
1982 18 — 18 #4,254
1981 23 — 23 #3,571
1980 27 — 27 #3,169
1979 26 — 26 #3,206
1978 25 — 25 #3,156
1977 28 — 28 #2,871
1976 24 — 24 #3,052
1975 21 — 21 #3,351
1974 27 — 27 #2,730
1973 18 — 18 #3,562
1972 26 — 26 #2,726
1971 25 — 25 #2,853
1970 16 — 16 #3,821
1969 23 — 23 #2,831
1968 17 — 17 #3,272
1967 20 — 20 #2,847
1966 18 — 18 #3,016
1965 16 — 16 #3,246
1964 15 — 15 #3,495
1963 9 — 9 #4,797
1962 7 — 7 #5,706
1961 5 — 5 #7,160
1960 5 — 5 #6,989
1957 6 — 6 #5,940
1955 5 — 5 #6,546
1952 5 — 5 #6,309