Damita
Damita was last recorded in 2010, when 6 babies were given it; 1,507 Americans have been recorded with it between 1950 and 2010 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,350 Americans named Damita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 48 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Damita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Damita?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,427, in 2010; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
118 babies in 1961, the peak
Damita peaked in 1961, when 118 girls were given it, #997 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #15,427 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,291 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,427 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,924 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,854 | 9.3 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,189 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,020 | 2.8 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,247 | 4.4 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,730 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,238 | 2.9 |
Every recorded year (57)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | #12,186 | 3.4 |
| 1995 | 6 | #12,122 | 3.4 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,136 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,770 | 4.4 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,901 | 4.9 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,010 | 8.0 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,098 | 9.5 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,074 | 6.0 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,836 | 5.1 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,002 | 6.9 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,579 | 9.9 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,541 | 13.9 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,534 | 4.8 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,451 | 13.8 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,104 | 16.5 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,577 | 9.6 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,773 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,563 | 13.7 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,946 | 11.8 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,564 | 21.5 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,942 | 17.1 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,758 | 36.4 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,306 | 23.2 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,361 | 21.9 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,952 | 27.6 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,078 | 13.2 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,871 | 13.7 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,262 | 19.0 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,683 | 29.3 |
| 1967 | 62 | #1,402 | 37.6 |
| 1966 | 60 | #1,418 | 35.5 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,307 | 39.1 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,267 | 40.1 |
| 1963 | 74 | #1,282 | 38.4 |
| 1962 | 101 | #1,075 | 51.4 |
| 1961 | 118 | #997 | 58.5 |
| 1960 | 49 | #1,599 | 24.2 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,610 | 9.9 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,114 | 7.5 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,176 | 6.8 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,978 | 14.9 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,289 | 11.8 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,842 | 16.5 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,741 | 17.5 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,574 | 3.8 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,406 | 10.0 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,456 | 2.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Damita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Damita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 57 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Damita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Damita, and how old are they?
1,350 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 1,507 Americans ever recorded as Damita. The median Damita alive today is 59 years old; half are between 48 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 1,206 people named Damita (1,197 women and girls, 9 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,397 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 514 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 544 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 209 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 84 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Damita
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Damita and names like it
- Compare Damita and TamelaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sDamita peaked in 1961.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Damita since 1910.
- The top names of 1961The year the most babies were named Damita.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Damita alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.