Girls' name · since 1971
Damia
Damia has 1,154 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,154
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damia currently ranks #8480 among girls' names in America, with 1,154 babies recorded since 1971.
Damia has 1,154 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8480 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, 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 1971 to 2025.
- #6,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,480 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,154 born since 1971
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damia ranks #6,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,480 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,154 born since 1971, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,154
- born since 1971
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damia's 1,154 recorded births place it above 90.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Damia compares
1,154 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Damia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,154 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Damia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Damia's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 70, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Damia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Damia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (464 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Damia's strongest decade.
464 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Damia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 42
1970s
42 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s
1990s
192 births
- 2000s
2000s
464 births
- 2010s
2010s
328 births
- 2020s 92
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 464 births (40% of all-time use).
How Damia 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 Damia's total volume
Damia by state
Where Damia concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 34 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 27 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
34 of 1,154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Damia's data
- Damia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (464 total births); usage has since declined to 92 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Damias (34 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Damia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Damia 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.