Damiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dah-mee-AH-na
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Damiana is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame, subdue”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Damiana mean?
Greek: feminine of Damian, from Greek damazein
“to tame, subdue”
Saint Damian was an early Christian physician martyred with his twin brother Cosmas.
Is Damiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Damiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damiana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Damiana, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more girls named Damiana than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Damiana in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Damiana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,477 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Damiana
- Dami
Names like Damiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Alessandra, Isabella, Eliana, Sophia, Amira, Angelina, Selena, Dakota, Liliana, Alexandra, Gabriella
Names related to Damiana
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Damiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/damiana, updated 20 October 2026.