girl's name

Damiana

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 737

Damiana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Damiana is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2006, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.

Damiana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Damiana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 11
1920s 27
1930s 14
1960s 5
1970s 57
1980s 64
1990s 131
2000s 229
2010s 128
2020s (to 2025) 46

How popular is Damiana?

In 2025, Damiana was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Damiana is used

England & Wales #7,028 3 in 2020
France #7,697 5 in 2022
United States #7,836 14 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Damiana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Damiana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Damiana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Damiana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Damiana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Damiana

How popular is the name Damiana?

In 2025, Damiana was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Damiana a girl's or a boy's name?

Damiana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Damiana most popular?

Damiana peaked in 2006, when 33 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Damiana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Damiana currently ranks #7,836 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.