Damia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAH-mee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Damia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Damia mean?
Greek: feminine form of Damian
“to tame”
Feminine form of Damian, from Greek damazein 'to tame'; Damia was also an ancient Greek fertility goddess.
Is Damia a girl's or a boy's name?
Damia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Damia, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Damia in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Damia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 40 | #3,777 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,757 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,744 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Damia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Sophia Aliya Alessia Amaya Samira Hadassah Alaya Kaliyah Talia Malia
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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, “Damia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/damia, updated 20 October 2026.