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Damari

#958 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Damari has been given to 6,358 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #958 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 304 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% boys, 13% girls all-time.

Babies named Damari, 2025

1 in 13,600

Damari over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Damari over time

In 2025, Damari went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

19682025

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.

Damari: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Damari means

Damari is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Damari is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,547 boys were recorded with the name Damari between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 304 in 2016; its best national rank was #782 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #888 in 2020 to #958 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #895 in 2015 to #958 in 2025.

In the United States, 811 girls were recorded with the name Damari between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 49 in 2006; its best national rank was #3,326 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,723 in 2020 to #6,172 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,506 in 2015 to #6,172 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.

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How common is Damari?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,600
243 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,030
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#958
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,458 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Damari 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,458 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Damari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Damaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Damari was born before 2015 — so the typical Damari is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,547
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.1% of all recorded uses (2,444).

Is Damari 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
−22
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−70
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−63
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.99×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
79.9%
Peak was 2016 (304)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#782
2016

Spellings of Damari

Damari is not the most common spelling — Lamar is, with 13.6% against Damari's 2.2%.

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 Damari is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Damari was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 1,449 boys, against 1 in 5,821 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in 50,000).

269 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 1,449
  2. 2Maryland1 in 1,724
  3. 3Illinois1 in 2,941
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 3,226
  5. 5Michigan1 in 3,226
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 3,333
  7. 7Georgia1 in 3,846
  8. 8Mississippi1 in 3,846

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.

Geographically, Damari is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 82% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Damari is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Damari was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 413,507 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Louisiana1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 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. Damari has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Damari around the world

Where Damari 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
    2001–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2019–2019
    #2,943
    in 2019

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

Damari by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#958
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 70
Best rank ever
#782
2016
Peak year
2016
304 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,547
Count in 2025
243

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,172
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,551
Best rank ever
#3,326
2006
Peak year
2006
49 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
811
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Damari

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

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Names with a curve like Damari

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

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Sibling names for Damari

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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