Boys' name · since 1978
Dam
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 69 babies named Dam, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,896 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 69
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dam is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 69 have been recorded since 1978.
Dam has 69 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1986.
- #19,896 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 69 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dam ranks #19,896 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,896 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 69
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Dam's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dam's full recorded timeline at 1982, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1986
- Peak year (1984)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dam by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (57 births, 83% of the file).
1980s was Dam's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Dam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 57 births (83% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.