How Many People Are Named Dama?
An estimated 132 people in the United States have the first name Dama. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 53 years old, and Dama peaked in popularity in 1974 with 14 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dama as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dama paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
132
About 1 in 2,596,624 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
53
years old
Peak Year
1974
14 births
Total Registered
176
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dama
Dama is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 176 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Dama as a female name
Ranked #8,219 in 1983
7 female births in 1983
Peak: 1974 (14 births)
Dama: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dama span from the 1920s to the 1980s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 96 babies were registered. Dama has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dama by Decade
How has Dama tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dama + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dama as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dama
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Dama: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dama?
We estimate approximately 132 people named Dama are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,596,624 Americans share this first name.
Is Dama a common name?
Dama is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 176 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dama most popular?
Dama reached peak popularity in 1974, when 14 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dama is approximately 53 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dama a female name?
Dama is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dama Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dama Smith, Dama Johnson, Dama Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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