Girls' name · since 1959
Damary
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 379 babies named Damary, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 379
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Damary sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 379 recorded since 1959.
Damary has 379 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2014.
- #13,957 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 379 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damary ranks #13,957 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 379 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,957 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 379
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Damary's 379 recorded births place it above 80.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Damary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Damary's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Damary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2014
- Peak year (1977)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Damary by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (119 births, 31% of the file).
1970s was Damary's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Damary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
51 births
- 1970s
1970s
119 births
- 1980s 32
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 39
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 27
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 119 births (31% of all-time use).
Damary by state
Where Damary concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 55 | 14.5% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
55 of 379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Damary's decade-level peak was the 1970s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Damarys (55 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Damary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1959–2014 (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 Damary 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.