Damani
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys 79.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2012 · 158 births
- Debut · boys
- 18 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,627since 1971
Damani over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | #2,258 | 62 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #2,028 | 75 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #2,290 | 61 |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | #2,168 | 67 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #2,079 | 70 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #2,167 | 64 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #2,262 | 60 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #2,065 | 67 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #2,047 | 69 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | #1,910 | 76 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | #1,436 | 115 |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | #1,361 | 124 |
| 2012 | #3,854 | 40 | #1,155 | 158 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #1,999 | 68 |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | #2,144 | 62 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #2,119 | 64 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #2,001 | 70 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | #2,164 | 62 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 | #2,176 | 59 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #1,502 | 89 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #1,578 | 80 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 | #1,483 | 85 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,379 | 92 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #1,370 | 92 |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | #1,342 | 89 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #1,449 | 78 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #1,693 | 58 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | — | #1,887 | 45 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,123 | 38 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,804 | 46 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
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| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,842 | 7 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,203 | 18 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Damani! It came in at #2,203, and was given to 18 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Damani is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wisconsin#620 · 1 in 4,548
- South Carolina#661 · 1 in 4,182
- Louisiana#696 · 1 in 4,030
- Illinois#771 · 1 in 6,047
- Pennsylvania#853 · 1 in 7,529
Best ever in a state: #198 in District of Columbia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #620 | 6 | 1 in 4,548 |
| South Carolina | #661 | 5 | 1 in 4,182 |
| Louisiana | #696 | 6 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Illinois | #771 | 11 | 1 in 6,047 |
| Pennsylvania | #853 | 8 | 1 in 7,529 |
| Georgia | #862 | 8 | 1 in 6,751 |
| Ohio | #870 | 8 | 1 in 7,470 |
| Tennessee | #872 | 5 | 1 in 7,158 |
| North Carolina | #875 | 7 | 1 in 7,222 |
| Michigan | #916 | 6 | 1 in 7,940 |
| New York | #944 | 13 | 1 in 8,023 |
| Virginia | #974 | 5 | 1 in 8,364 |
| Florida | #1,090 | 9 | 1 in 10,218 |
| Texas | #1,235 | 13 | 1 in 13,665 |
| California | #1,355 | 13 | 1 in 17,730 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Damani
- 230 spots since 2024 (#2,028 → #2,258)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#2,167 → #2,258)
- 348 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #2,258)
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 2012 at #1,155 (158 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,006 boys born in 2012 were named Damani (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.2% of all boys named Damani (871) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 138 | #1,736 (1973) | #3,068 |
| 1980s | 16 | #5,619 (1982) | #6,380 |
| 1990s | 447 | #1,342 (1999) | #2,054 |
| 2000s | 756 | #1,370 (2000) | #1,776 |
| 2010s | 871 | #1,155 (2012) | #1,840 |
| 2020s | 399 | #2,028 (2024) | #2,165 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Damani in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 44,026 of them was named Damani, which outranked 80.3% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,782Zaara41
- #3,782Zahraa41
- #3,782Zaylie41
- #3,854Damani40
- #3,854Alianah40
- #3,854Ameya40
- #3,854Anagha40
- #3,915Aashna39
- #3,915Adriel39
- #3,915Akeelah39
Tied with 60 names at #3,854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 12,006 of them was named Damani, which outranked 91.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,151Boden159
- #1,151Dion159
- #1,151Lamont159
- #1,155Damani158
- #1,155Clyde158
- #1,155Emmet158
- #1,155Nikhil158
- #1,161Abner157
- #1,161Adolfo157
- #1,161Brighton157
Tied with 5 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.