Damari — #936 US boys' name
5,303 babies named Damari in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Damari was born in this single decade.
304 babies were named Damari in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Damari
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,303 babies named Damari between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Damari currently holds the #936 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 304 babies received it in a single year. Damari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 792 additional births since 1968.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Damari performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,443 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Damari shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 503 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Damari in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Damari 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 5,303 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.
Damari at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Damari popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1988
- Peak year (2016)
- 304
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
Currently ranks #936 among boys.
5,303 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 304 births in a single year.
Damari popularity over time — girls
792 total births recorded since 1968 (Damari as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Damari accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Damari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,443 births that decade — 46% of Damari's all-time total
Damari decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,443 births
- Runner-up 1,419 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Damari's strongest decade
2,443 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Damari by state
Where Damari concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 503 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 440 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 290 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 289 | 5.4% |
| #5 | California | | 279 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 269 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 255 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 227 | 4.3% |
503 of 5,303 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 9.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 8.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.4% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Damari appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1988–2024 (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.