girls:
624 births since 1996
#5092 (11th percentile)
boys:
2.5k births since 1971
#2534 (45th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1971
#4870 (37th percentile)
The name Damani is the #4,870 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,114 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 37.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,534 (44.7% percentile) for all time with 2,490 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,092 (10.9% percentile) for all time with 624 births since 1996.
Damani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Damani is available in 45 out of the 53 years between 1971 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 28 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Damani has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 71.8% of babies named Damani were boys.
For boys, Damani reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 17.0% percentile (ranked #747) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 78 births per million (ranked 17.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Damani ranks #855 for boys (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 42.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Damani reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #896) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Damani ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 66.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Damani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Damani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.8% confident that Damani is pronounced as duh-MAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-MUH-nee, at 15.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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