Given name

Damara

Damara is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Damara isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Damara through the years

Babies since 1880
1,030
0 boys · 1,030 girls
Most popular year
2004
48 babies
2025
10
#9,600 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−8%
Steady
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Damara in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1962–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,600 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 941 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Damara’s family of names

Damara has a related form in Damaris.

Walk Damara’s family in the name graph

DamaraDamarahDamarisDamarra

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Damara, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Dashira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Danyra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Danaisha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Daytona

20RareSteady

23% boys · 77% girls

Modern

Aakira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Dajanai

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Davany

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Damara’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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