Damaris
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAM-a-ris
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,436 for girls
Damaris is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,436th for girls in the US (150 babies).
What does Damaris mean?
Greek: Greek name of uncertain meaning
Damaris is an Athenian woman converted by St Paul in the Acts of the Apostles.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Damaris a girl's or a boy's name?
Damaris is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 150 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damaris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Damaris, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Damaris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Damaris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Damaris in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,436among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 150about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 150 girls in the US were named Damaris, making it the 1,436th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,571st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 483 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Damaris in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Damaris in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150 | #1,436 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,429 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,569 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,506 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,652 |
| 2020 | 134 | #1,571 |
| 2019 | 129 | #1,642 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,495 |
| 2016 | 154 | #1,485 |
| 2015 | 163 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 203 | #1,198 |
| 2013 | 211 | #1,138 |
| 2012 | 193 | #1,251 |
| 2011 | 251 | #1,005 |
| 2010 | 274 | #941 |
| 2009 | 314 | #876 |
| 2008 | 354 | #812 |
| 2007 | 431 | #681 |
| 2006 | 483 | #603 |
| 2005 | 430 | #645 |
| 2004 | 371 | #716 |
| 2003 | 291 | #839 |
| 2002 | 336 | #725 |
| 2001 | 378 | #667 |
| 2000 | 317 | #731 |
| 1999 | 336 | #676 |
| 1998 | 314 | #704 |
| 1997 | 233 | #873 |
| 1996 | 225 | #877 |
| 1995 | 231 | #844 |
| 1994 | 210 | #907 |
| 1993 | 198 | #952 |
| 1992 | 194 | #980 |
| 1991 | 179 | #1,028 |
| 1990 | 181 | #999 |
| 1989 | 167 | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 141 | #1,103 |
| 1987 | 175 | #935 |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,032 |
| 1985 | 148 | #1,019 |
| 1984 | 149 | #969 |
| 1983 | 134 | #1,041 |
| 1982 | 142 | #1,030 |
| 1981 | 136 | #1,050 |
| 1980 | 158 | #948 |
| 1979 | 154 | #950 |
| 1978 | 151 | #936 |
| 1977 | 147 | #943 |
| 1976 | 130 | #980 |
| 1975 | 136 | #932 |
| 1974 | 117 | #1,023 |
| 1973 | 105 | #1,088 |
| 1972 | 128 | #949 |
| 1971 | 134 | #951 |
| 1970 | 121 | #1,020 |
| 1969 | 89 | #1,182 |
| 1968 | 67 | #1,365 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 74 | #1,251 |
| 1965 | 62 | #1,394 |
| 1964 | 56 | #1,518 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 |
| 1962 | 59 | #1,444 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,519 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,616 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 42 | #1,656 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,930 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,338 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Names like Damaris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Sophia Fatima Iris Lara Elena Delilah Daphne Aria Penelope Margot Mia
Names related to Damaris
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Damaris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/damaris, updated 20 October 2026.