Recorded 1968–2016 Boys' name Peak 1974 332 births

Damont — boys' name

332 babies named Damont in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s51970s811980s571990s852000s732010s31
1990s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Damont was born in this single decade.

1974
Single peak year

16 babies were named Damont in 1974 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Damont

The Social Security Administration has registered 332 babies named Damont between 1968 and 2016, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Damont currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Damont performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Damont shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Damont 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 332 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.

Damont at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

332

Since 1968

49 years of records

Peak year

1974

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1968

Recorded for 49 years

Last year on file: 2016

Damont popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1968

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1974)
16
Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
05101520 201620092004199819931985198019751968 5

Damont by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
85 births that decade — 26% of Damont's all-time total
1960s51970s811980s571990s852000s732010s31

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Damont?
332 babies have been named Damont since 1968. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1974 with 16 births.
When was Damont most popular?
Damont was most popular in the 1990s decade with 85 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
How long has the name Damont been used?
Damont has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 49 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Damont?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Damian, Damon, Damien, Damion, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.