Dama

Girl · recorded 1921–1983

  • 1983last recorded
  • 1974best year

Most popular in 1974.

Last recorded in 1983. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Dama.

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Its story

Popularity since 1921

051019211937195219681983

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 22 recorded years as a table
Dama, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19214
19256
19264
19284
19404
19473
19504
19675
19683
19707
19718
19727
19739
197410
19757
19763
19778
19794
19804
19813
19825
19834

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dama isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1983
7
Rank in 1983
#8,047
How rare
1 in 238,658 girls
Since 1921
176

Dama was last recorded in 1983. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1974, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Dama doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.