Boys' name · since 1966
Damin
578 babies named Damin in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 578
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 578 recorded since 1966.
Damin has 578 recorded births among boys since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1966 to 2022.
- #7,231 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 578 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damin ranks #7,231 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 578 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,231 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 578
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damin's 578 recorded births place it above 84.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Damin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Damin splits its recorded history at 1997: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Damin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2022
- Peak year (1975)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Damin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (163 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Damin's strongest decade.
163 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Damin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
103 births
- 1980s 60
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
129 births
- 2000s
2000s
163 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 163 births (28% of all-time use).
How Damin 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 Damin's total volume
Damin by state
Where Damin concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 1.9% |
11 of 578 births nationwide.
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- Damin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (163 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Damins (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Damin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1966–2022 (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 Damin 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.