Boys' name · since 1959
Damone
Damone has 1,259 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,259
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
1,259 boys have been named Damone since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Damone has 1,259 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2024.
- #4,427 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,259 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damone ranks #4,427 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,259 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #4,427 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,259
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Damone's 1,259 recorded births place it above 90.25% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
Damone's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Damone's full recorded timeline at 1992, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Damone popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2024
- Peak year (1974)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Damone by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (300 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Damone's strongest decade.
300 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Damone births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 119
1960s
119 births
- 1970s
1970s
300 births
- 1980s
1980s
203 births
- 1990s
1990s
252 births
- 2000s
2000s
211 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 300 births (24% of all-time use).
How Damone 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 Damone's total volume
Damone by state
Where Damone concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 90 | 7.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 71 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 26 | 2.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 15 | 1.2% |
90 of 1,259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Damone's data
- Damone's decade-level peak was the 1970s (300 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Damones (90 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Damone: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1959–2024 (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 Damone 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.