Girls' name · since 1915
Damiana
712 babies named Damiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 712
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damiana currently ranks #7526 among girls' names in America, with 712 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Damiana recorded 712 times among girls since 1915, holding rank #7526 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #9,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,526 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 712 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damiana ranks #9,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,526 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 712 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 712
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damiana's 712 recorded births place it above 86.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Damiana compares
712 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Damiana's all-time total is 89% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damiana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 712 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Damiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damiana splits its recorded history at 1995: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1915 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 33 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Damiana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (229 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Damiana's strongest decade.
229 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Damiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 27
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s 64
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
131 births
- 2000s
2000s
229 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 229 births (32% of all-time use).
How Damiana 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 Damiana's total volume
Damiana by state
Where Damiana concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 44 | 6.2% |
| #2 | California | | 30 | 4.2% |
44 of 712 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Damiana's data
- Damiana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (229 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Damianas (44 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Damiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Damiana 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.