Boys' name · since 1967
Damascus
Damascus has 129 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,737 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damascus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 129 have been recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Damascus recorded 129 times among boys since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2024.
- #15,737 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 129 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damascus ranks #15,737 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 129 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,737 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 129
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damascus's 129 recorded births place it above 65.29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Damascus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Damascus's full recorded timeline at 2003, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Damascus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2024
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Damascus by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (35 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Damascus's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Damascus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 35 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Damascus's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (35 total births) through the 2020s (31) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1967–2024 (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 Damascus 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.