Unisex name · since 1988
Damari
5,547 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.
- #1,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #959 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,547
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Damari currently ranks #959 among unisex names in America, with 5,547 babies recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damari has been recorded 5,547 times among boys since 1988, currently ranked #959 nationally and more common than 93% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #1,675 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #959 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,547 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damari ranks #1,675 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #959 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,547 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #959 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,547
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Damari's 5,547 recorded births place it above 96.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
29 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Damari compares
5,547 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Damari's all-time total is 15x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,547 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 304 | 34 | 22,252 |
Damari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Damari's full recorded timeline at 2007, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 304 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Damari popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 304
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Damari popularity over time - girls
811 total births recorded since 1968 (Damari as girls' name)
Damari by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,444 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Damari's strongest decade.
2,444 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Damari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 153
1990s
153 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,419 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,444 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,520 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,444 births (44% of all-time use).
How Damari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Damari's total volume
Damari by state
Where Damari concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 517 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 452 | 8.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 305 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 297 | 5.4% |
| #5 | California | | 296 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Texas | | 293 | 5.3% |
| #7 | Maryland | | 271 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 242 | 4.4% |
517 of 5,547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Damari appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Damari's data
- Damari's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,444 total births) through the 2020s (1,520) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Damaris (517 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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 Damari: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Damari 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.