Damita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Damita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,507 babies named Damita between 1950 and 2010, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Damita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Damita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 689 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Damita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 60 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Damita in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Damita 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 1,507 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.