Girls' name · since 1998
Damaya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 553 babies named Damaya, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,611 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 553
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Damaya is the #8611 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 553 recorded since 1998.
Damaya has 553 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8611 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #11,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,611 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 553 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damaya ranks #11,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,611 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 553 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,611 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 553
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Damaya's 553 recorded births place it above 84.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Damaya compares
553 Top 43% higher than 57% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Damaya's all-time total is 47% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 553 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Damaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damaya splits its recorded history at 2012: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2023 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 35 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Damaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (230 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Damaya's strongest decade.
230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Damaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
224 births
- 2010s
2010s
230 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 230 births (42% of all-time use).
How Damaya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Damaya's total volume
Damaya by state
Where Damaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
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What to do with Damaya's data
- Damaya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (230 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Damayas (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois 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 Damaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Damaya 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.