Girls' name · since 1977
Damesha
281 babies named Damesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 281
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Damesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 281 have been recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damesha has been recorded 281 times among girls since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2006.
- #16,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 281 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damesha ranks #16,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 281 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 281
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Damesha's 281 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Damesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damesha splits its recorded history at 1991: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2006
- Peak year (1993)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Damesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (148 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Damesha's strongest decade.
148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Damesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
148 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 148 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Damesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (148 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2000s -- 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 Damesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1977–2006 (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 Damesha 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.