Boys' name · since 1975

Damario

Damario has 1,345 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#4,253 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,229 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,345
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade

Damario currently ranks #6229 among boys' names in America, with 1,345 babies recorded since 1975.

Damario has 1,345 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6229 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.

  • #4,253 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,229 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 1,345 born since 1975
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damario ranks #4,253 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,229 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,345 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.

#4,253 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,229 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
1,345
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%55.2%
Damario vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Damario's 1,345 recorded births place it above 90.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

11 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Michigan.

How Damario compares

1,345 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Damario's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Damario Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 1,345 369 358,536
Peak-year births 50 34 22,252

Damario's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Damario splits its recorded history at 2001: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Damario popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2005)
50
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
0102030405060 19751983199019972004201120182025 14

Damario by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (386 births, 29% of the file).

2000s was Damario's strongest decade.

386 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.

Damario births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 386 births (29% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Damario 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 Damario's total volume

Damario vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -145, 3.9%-146, 3%-69, 5.6%-53, 5.5%-52, 3.3%-39, 5.3%-40, 5.6%-57, 4.2%-56, 6.3%-26, 7.9%-35, 4.5%-54, 3.8%-54, 6.2%-43, 6.5%-22, 7.9%Damario-51, 3.7%Damario
Damario vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Damario by state

Where Damario concentrates geographically, total births since 1975

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Damario
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Michigan
64 4.8%
#2 California
34 2.5%
#3 Illinois
24 1.8%
#4 Florida
15 1.1%
#5 Mississippi
10 0.7%
#6 North Carolina
7 0.5%
#7 New York
7 0.5%
#8 Wisconsin
6 0.4%
Michigan share of Damario's total US births 4.8%
Even split

64 of 1,345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Damario appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Damario?
Damario has been given to 1,345 babies in the U.S. since 1975, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #4,253 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #6,229 of 13,930. 50 babies were born in 2005, its single highest year.
Where does Damario sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damario ranks #4,253 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,229 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Damario most popular?
Damario was most popular in the 2000s decade with 386 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Damario most popular?
The top states for the name Damario are Michigan (64 births), California (34 births), Illinois (24 births).
How long has the name Damario been used?
The SSA has tracked Damario since 1975 -- 51 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Damario?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Damian, Damon, Damien, Damion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Damario's data

  • Damario's decade-level peak was the 2000s (386 total births); usage has since declined to 108 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Michigan records the most Damarios (64 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Damario

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Damario: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1975–2025 (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 Damario 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.