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Damar

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Damar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
150.00% of boys
Peak year
199037 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1972
1,125people given the name
Babies named Damar, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,125 boys have been named Damar in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 37 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 2000s alone account for 24%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Damar
1970s89
1980s216
1990s260
2000s268
2010s209
2020s83

In 1990, its biggest year

Damar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Damar

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.