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
Damario's 1,345 recorded births place it above 90.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2005)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #6229 among boys.
1,345 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 50 births in a single year.
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
- 1970s 36
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
253 births
- 1990s
1990s
304 births
- 2000s
2000s
386 births
- 2010s
2010s
258 births
- 2020s 108
2020s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 386 births (29% of all-time use).
Damario decade highlights
- Peak decade 386 births
- Runner-up 304 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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 by state
Where Damario concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| 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% |
64 of 1,345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 4.8% of nationwide
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.8% of nationwide
- Florida 1.1% of nationwide
- Mississippi 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Damario appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~50 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, 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.
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