Boys' name · since 1970
Damein
Damein has 1,045 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,312 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,045
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damein currently ranks #12312 among boys' names in America, with 1,045 babies recorded since 1970.
Damein has 1,045 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12312 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #4,994 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,312 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,045 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damein ranks #4,994 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,312 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,045 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,994 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,312 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,045
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damein's 1,045 recorded births place it above 89.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Damein compares
1,045 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Damein's all-time total is 183% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damein | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,045 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 48 | 34 | 22,252 |
Damein's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damein splits its recorded history at 1995: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 48 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damein popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 48
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Damein by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (298 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Damein's strongest decade.
298 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Damein births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
203 births
- 1980s
1980s
259 births
- 1990s
1990s
174 births
- 2000s
2000s
298 births
- 2010s 106
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 298 births (29% of all-time use).
How Damein compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Damein's total volume
Damein by state
Where Damein concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 15 | 1.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.5% |
15 of 1,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Damein's data
- Damein's decade-level peak was the 2000s (298 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.
- Texas records the most Dameins (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Damein: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Damein 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.