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

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Peak · boys
2012 · 158 births
Debut · boys
18 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,627
since 1971

Damani over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #3,778, 2013peak #1,155, 2012girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,72221#2,25862
2024#7,59414#2,02875
2023#5,24824#2,29061
2022#5,17225#2,16867
2021#6,69117#2,07970
2020#6,62917#2,16764
2019#5,61222#2,02072
2018#8,14613#2,26260
2017#7,84014#2,06567
2016#6,90117#2,04769
2015#5,28825#1,91076
2014#4,89228#1,436115
2013#3,77840#1,361124
2012#3,85440#1,155158
2011#4,15135#1,99968
2010#5,60224#2,14462
2009#4,26935#2,11964
2008#6,13022#2,00170
2007#5,52625#2,16462
2006#4,07336#2,17659
2005#4,95826#1,98363
2004#7,39115#1,50289
2003#4,41829#1,57880
2002#5,08623#1,48385
2001#12,0567#1,37992
2000#4,98123#1,37092
1999#6,19116#1,34289
1998#11,1387#1,44978
1997#6,84413#1,69358
1996#11,8076#2,01743
1995#1,88745
1994#2,12338
1993#2,16236
1992#1,80446
1991#4,00514
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1978#5,0596
1977#4,1648
1976#3,09512
1975#2,75114
1974#1,83225
1973#1,73626
1972#1,92822
1971#2,20318
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First appearance
1971

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 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMINew York: #645 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 6,383 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,831 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 40,931 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Damani, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#645 · 1 in 6,383
  2. California#1,831 · 1 in 40,931

Best ever in a state: #198 in District of Columbia, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#645181 in 6,383
California#1,83161 in 40,931
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 230 spots since 2024 (#2,028#2,258)
  • 91 spots since 2020 (#2,167#2,258)
  • 348 spots since 2015 (#1,910#2,258)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,155 (158 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,006
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.2% of all boys named Damani (871) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s138#1,736 (1973)#3,068
1980s16#5,619 (1982)#6,380
1990s447#1,342 (1999)#2,054
2000s756#1,370 (2000)#1,776
2010s871#1,155 (2012)#1,840
2020s399#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 1997

girls
#6,844
13 births · 1 in 133,901 girls
boys
#1,693
58 births · 1 in 32,502 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #6,844Damani13

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,693Damani58
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 133,901 of them was named Damani, which outranked 57.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Damani
  1. #6,483Zamira14
  2. #6,483Zayda14
  3. #6,483Zeina14
  4. #6,844Damani13
  5. #6,844Abaigeal13
  6. #6,844Abreanna13
  7. #6,844Aeriana13
  8. #7,283Aariana12
  9. #7,283Aarti12
  10. #7,283Abagale12

Tied with 438 names at #6,844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 32,502 of them was named Damani, which outranked 84.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Damani
  1. #1,672Raleigh59
  2. #1,672Shae59
  3. #1,672Zaid59
  4. #1,693Damani58
  5. #1,693Archie58
  6. #1,693Brogan58
  7. #1,693Davontae58
  8. #1,706Aman57
  9. #1,706Brando57
  10. #1,706Dalen57

Tied with 12 names at #1,693; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997