Dahmir — #6323 US boys' name
234 babies named Dahmir in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Dahmir was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Dahmir in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dahmir
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Dahmir between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dahmir currently holds the #6323 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dahmir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dahmir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dahmir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dahmir in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 234 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dahmir at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Dahmir popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6323 among boys.
234 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 16 births in a single year.
Dahmir by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 96 births that decade — 41% of Dahmir's all-time total
Dahmir decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dahmir's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Dahmir by state
Where Dahmir concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 69 | 29.5% |
69 of 234 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 29.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 29.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.