Damaso

#12,449 in 2025Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Δάμασος; literal meaning unconfirmed

Damaso has been given to 280 babies in the U.S. since 1953. In 2025 it ranked #12,449 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1983, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Damaso, 2025

1 in 663,000

Damaso over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Damaso: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Δάμασος; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Damaso means

Damaso is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Damaso is used in Italian.

Damaso comes through Ancient Greek Δάμασος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Damaso is pronounced /ˈda.ma.zo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 280 boys were recorded with the name Damaso between 1953 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1983; its best national rank was #2,825 in 1966.

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 Damaso?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,449; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Damaso 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Damaso. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Damasos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Damaso was born before 1987 — so the typical Damaso is around 38 today.

Median birth year: 1987; About 38 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 21.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 23.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 280; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 21.8% of all recorded uses (61).

Is Damaso 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: −1,221; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 1983 (10)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 15.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,825; 1966

Spellings of Damaso

Damaso is not the most common spelling — Damari is, with 28.4% against Damaso's 1.4%.

Damari28.4%5,547
Amado24.4%4,769
Damani13.5%2,627
Dimas9.4%1,834
Damario6.9%1,345
Damar5.8%1,140
Damarco3.9%770
Daman3.4%666

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 Damaso is used

Across 1910–2025, Damaso was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,075,654 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New York1 in —

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. Damaso has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Damaso by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,449
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #2,825; 1966
Peak year: 1983; 10 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 280
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Damaso

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

Damere Damyan Damier Dameir Damiri Dameer Damonie Damarri Damico Damauri Damein Damont Damiano Damain Damoni Damyon Damarco Damean Damarian Damyen Dameion Damazi Damond Damonta

Sibling names for Damaso

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

For a sister

Linsey Thomas Matthew Charissa Tosha Kandace Tiffani Chrystal

For a brother

Jerod Elizabeth Jerrod Whitney Garrick Torrey Coty Kelsey

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