Boys' name · since 1953
Damaso
280 babies named Damaso in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,005 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
280 babies have been named Damaso since 1953, making it today's #12243 boys' name.
Damaso has 280 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12243 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, 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 1953 to 2025.
- #11,005 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,243 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 280 born since 1953
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damaso ranks #11,005 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,243 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 280 born since 1953, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,005 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,243 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
Damaso's 280 recorded births place it above 75.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Damaso compares
280 44th percentile among 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
Damaso's all-time total is 24% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damaso | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 280 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Damaso's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Damaso's full recorded timeline at 1988, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1983 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Damaso popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1983)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Damaso by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (61 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Damaso's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Damaso births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
26 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
61 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 61 births (22% of all-time use).
Damaso by state
Where Damaso concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 280 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Damaso's data
- Damaso's decade-level peak was the 1980s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Damasos (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Damaso: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Damaso 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.