Boys' name · since 1969
Damean
Damean has 468 recorded births since 1969 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 468
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damean sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 468 recorded since 1969.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damean has been recorded 468 times among boys since 1969, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2020.
- #8,200 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 468 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damean ranks #8,200 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 468 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 468
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damean's 468 recorded births place it above 81.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Damean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damean splits its recorded history at 1995: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2020
- Peak year (2004)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Damean by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (178 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Damean's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Damean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s 62
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s 42
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 178 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Damean's data
- Damean's decade-level peak was the 2000s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Damean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1969–2020 (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 Damean 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.