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Damita

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Damita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1961117 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1950
1,507people given the name
Babies named Damita, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,507 girls have been named Damita in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 117 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 117 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 46%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Damita
1950s197
1960s689
1970s305
1980s163
1990s83
2000s64
2010s6

In 1961, its biggest year

Damita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.

Names that rose and fell with Damita

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.