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Damani

#2,264 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Damani has been given to 3,286 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #2,264 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 158 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Damani, 2025

1 in 53,500

Damani over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Damani over time

In 2025, Damani went to 25% girls and 75% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Damani: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Damani means

Damani is a given name.

The naming story behind Damani

Wikidata records Damani as a given name. The entity identifier is Q97751562, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,627 boys were recorded with the name Damani between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 158 in 2012; its best national rank was #1,156 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,167 in 2020 to #2,264 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,916 in 2015 to #2,264 in 2025.

In the United States, 659 girls were recorded with the name Damani between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 40 in 2012; its best national rank was #3,798 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,699 in 2020 to #5,762 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,330 in 2015 to #5,762 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Damani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 53,500
62 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 27,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,264
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,064 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Damani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 37,064 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Damani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Damanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Damani was born before 2009 — so the typical Damani is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,627
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (871).

Is Damani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−230
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−97
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−348
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.2%
Peak was 2012 (158)
Years since peak
13
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,156
2012

Spellings of Damani

Damani is not the most common spelling — Damian is, with 34.8% against Damani's 0.83%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Damani is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Damani was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 37,357 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

18 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Illinois1 in 12,500
  2. 2Florida1 in 33,333
  3. 3Georgia1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5California1 in 50,000
  6. 6Indiana1 in 50,000
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 50,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Damani is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Damani was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 464,124 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3Maryland1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Damani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Damani around the world

Where Damani ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2007
    #3,095
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Damani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,264
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 97
Best rank ever
#1,156
2012
Peak year
2012
158 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,627
Count in 2025
62

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,762
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 937
Best rank ever
#3,798
2013
Peak year
2012
40 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
659
Count in 2025
21

Names similar to Damani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DamondDameonDamoniDamariDamenDameinDamirDamonteKalaniDamarioYovaniDamarKimaniDamarcusKymaniDameionJelaniDamionDamierDamyanSekaniDamarcoDamoneDamarius

Names with a curve like Damani

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Damani, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KhristianIzaakMuhammedTahaBraytonWillemDaylanKrishnaJahlilJordiKyronDezmond

Sibling names for Damani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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