Recorded 1990–2023 Boys' name Peak 2001 308 births

Damonta — boys' name

308 babies named Damonta in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1342000s1302010s392020s5
1990s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Damonta was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

22 babies were named Damonta in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Damonta

The Social Security Administration has registered 308 babies named Damonta between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Damonta currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Damonta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Damonta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Damonta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Damonta 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 308 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.

Damonta at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

308

Since 1990

34 years of records

Peak year

2001

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1990

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2023

Damonta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2001)
22
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
0510152025 20232011200720031999199519911990 5

Damonta by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
134 births that decade — 44% of Damonta's all-time total
1990s1342000s1302010s392020s5

Damonta by state

Where Damonta concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Damonta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Virginia
5 1.6%
Virginia share of Damonta's total US births 1.6%

5 of 308 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Damonta?
308 babies have been named Damonta since 1990. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2001 with 22 births.
When was Damonta most popular?
Damonta was most popular in the 1990s decade with 134 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Damonta most popular?
The top states for the name Damonta are Virginia (5 births).
How long has the name Damonta been used?
Damonta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 34 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Damonta?
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, 1990–2023 (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.