first name
DAMARIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,973 people named Damaris, 87.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% as White and 5.3% as Black. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Damaris peaked in 2006, when 496 babies got the name.
At least 13,286 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Damaris by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,288. The largest share of babies named Damaris, 41.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Damaris is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Damaris has been most common in New York (2.8×), Arizona (2.7×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.09×).
9,963 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Damaris, most common first.
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