Girls' name · since 1921
Dama
176 babies named Dama in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
176 girls have been named Dama since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dama has been recorded 176 times among girls since 1921, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1983.
- #21,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 176 born since 1921
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dama ranks #21,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 176 born since 1921, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 176
- born since 1921
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dama's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dama's SSA record in two at 1972 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1921, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1983
- Peak year (1974)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Dama by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (96 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Dama's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Dama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 22
1920s
22 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
96 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 96 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Dama's decade-level peak was the 1970s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1921–1983 (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 Dama 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.