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Names: D

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7,712 names starting with "D"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with D

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 7,712 distinct names beginning with the letter D, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Damaree with 154 cumulative births. Within the 50 names on this page, 38 are classified as boys' names and 12 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 11 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 31,611 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with D reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-D names, there are 155 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 801–850 of 7,712

Name Gender Total Births
Damaree Boy 154
Damareion Boy 5
Damareon Boy 140
Damari Girl 792
Damari Boy 5,303
Damaria Girl 466
Damaria Boy 69
Damariae Boy 36
Damariah Girl 64
Damarian Boy 389
Damariana Girl 14
Damariay Boy 5
Damarie Girl 44
Damarie Boy 120
Damarien Boy 122
Damarieon Boy 6
Damarii Boy 61
Damario Boy 1,331
Damarion Boy 4,817
Damariona Girl 12
Damarious Boy 318
Damaris Girl 12,581
Damaris Boy 552
Damarius Boy 1,532
Damariya Girl 17
Damariye Boy 5
Damariyon Boy 33
Damariz Girl 420
Damarkis Boy 15
Damarko Boy 106
Damarkus Boy 310
Damarlo Boy 5
Damarques Boy 24
Damarquez Boy 5
Damarquis Boy 61
Damarr Boy 52
Damarrea Boy 5
Damarri Boy 188
Damarria Girl 19
Damarrion Boy 276
Damarrius Boy 45
Damarte Boy 5
Damarus Boy 11
Damary Girl 379
Damarye Boy 5
Damaryon Boy 10
Damarys Girl 537
Damascus Boy 129
Damase Boy 5
Damasio Boy 11

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.