Damara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-MAR-uh
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Damara is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Damara come from?
Perhaps related to Damaris
Is Damara a girl's or a boy's name?
Damara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Damara, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Damara in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Damara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 48 | #3,176 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Damara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Amira Samara Amara Samira Dayana Amina Daniela Alaina Ariana Sasha Khadija
Names related to Damara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Damara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/damara, updated 20 October 2026.