Dameron — boys' name
39 babies named Dameron in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Dameron was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dameron in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dameron
The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Dameron between 1979 and 2003, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dameron currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Dameron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1969.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dameron performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dameron shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dameron in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dameron at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dameron popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1979
- Peak year (1994)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
39 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 7 births in a single year.
Dameron popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1969 (Dameron as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Dameron accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dameron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 16 births that decade — 41% of Dameron's all-time total
Dameron decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Dameron's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.