Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Damar

#4,417 most common boys' name of all time · #10,853 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#4,417
Rank overall
#10,853 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,145
Since 2016
172
Peak year
1990 #2,043
Best rank
#1,830 1985
Girls Boys peak 37/yr
198020002020

Damar first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,957
2024 — 15 15 #5,982
2023 — 23 23 #4,508
2022 — 11 11 #7,402
2021 — 17 17 #5,405
2020 — 17 17 #5,311
2019 — 19 19 #5,017
2018 — 24 24 #4,276
2017 — 14 14 #6,157
2016 — 17 17 #5,404
2015 — 19 19 #4,952
2014 — 14 14 #6,093
2013 — 20 20 #4,695
2012 — 32 32 #3,403
2011 — 21 21 #4,559
2010 — 29 29 #3,663
2009 — 22 22 #4,492
2008 — 34 34 #3,314
2007 — 30 30 #3,553
2006 — 33 33 #3,266
2005 — 19 19 #4,534
2004 — 36 36 #2,866
2003 — 23 23 #3,777
2002 — 18 18 #4,399
2001 5 23 28 #3,663
2000 — 30 30 #2,961
1999 — 23 23 #3,427
1998 — 31 31 #2,687
1997 — 18 18 #3,807
1996 — 30 30 #2,567
1995 — 20 20 #3,370
1994 — 23 23 #3,068
1993 — 21 21 #3,207
1992 — 23 23 #2,970
1991 — 34 34 #2,180
1990 — 37 37 #2,043
1989 — 26 26 #2,522
1988 — 22 22 #2,665
1987 — 24 24 #2,385
1986 — 18 18 #2,861
1985 — 33 33 #1,830
1984 — 21 21 #2,425
1983 — 21 21 #2,394
1982 — 17 17 #2,806
1981 — 19 19 #2,560
1980 — 15 15 #3,076
1979 — 24 24 #2,151
1978 — 12 12 #3,375
1977 — 15 15 #2,898
1976 — 14 14 #2,938
1975 — 7 7 #4,704
1974 — 7 7 #4,566
1972 — 10 10 #3,336