Damita
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #14,959
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 118 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,507since 1950
Damita over time
Rank among girls' names. Damita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
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| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 |
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| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,431 | 23 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,756 | 53 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 |
| 1966 | #1,416 | 60 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 |
| 1963 | #1,280 | 74 |
| 1962 | #1,074 | 101 |
| 1961 | #997 | 118 |
| 1960 | #1,597 | 49 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,738 | 33 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Damita! It came in at #5,301, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Damita is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#427 · 1 in 3,498
- Kansas#441 · 1 in 4,065
- Indiana#507 · 1 in 6,238
- New Jersey#591 · 1 in 8,389
- Florida#688 · 1 in 8,344
Best ever in a state: #379 in Kentucky, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #427 | 5 | 1 in 3,498 |
| Kansas | #441 | 5 | 1 in 4,065 |
| Indiana | #507 | 8 | 1 in 6,238 |
| New Jersey | #591 | 7 | 1 in 8,389 |
| Florida | #688 | 6 | 1 in 8,344 |
| Michigan | #750 | 7 | 1 in 12,411 |
| Illinois | #780 | 9 | 1 in 11,847 |
| New York | #881 | 11 | 1 in 15,270 |
| Ohio | #970 | 5 | 1 in 20,848 |
| Texas | #1,210 | 6 | 1 in 18,626 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Damita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 600 spots in 1961 (#1,597 → #997)
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 1962 (#997 → #1,074)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 1961 at #997 (118 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1961
- Highest: 1 in 17,106 girls born in 1961 were named Damita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 296,266 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 45.7% of all girls named Damita (689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 197 | #1,738 (1953) | #2,883 |
| 1960s | 689 | #997 (1961) | #1,426 |
| 1970s | 305 | #1,756 (1975) | #2,721 |
| 1980s | 163 | #3,093 (1982) | #5,182 |
| 1990s | 83 | #5,060 (1990) | #9,664 |
| 2000s | 64 | #6,768 (2004) | #11,956 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,959 (2010) | #14,959 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Damita in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 17,106 of them was named Damita, which outranked 86.8% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #993Elissa119
- #993Latonya119
- #993Troy119
- #997Damita118
- #997Francesca118
- #997Sherryl118
- #997Shirlene118
- #1,002Barrie117
- #1,002Callie117
- #1,002Tonda117
Tied with 4 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.