Boys' name · since 1929
Damasio
Damasio has 11 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1929
- 1980s
- peak decade
Damasio sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 11 recorded since 1929.
Damasio has 11 recorded births among boys since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1981.
- #33,338 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1929
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damasio ranks #33,338 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1929, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,338 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1929
- 1980s
- peak decade
Damasio's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Damasio's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Damasio's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Damasio popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Damasio by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Damasio's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Damasio births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 1929–1981 (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 Damasio 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.