Damani
Masculine
Damani is given to both — 2,627 boys and 659 girls since 1880. See Damani as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Damani joins a Da- front to a -mani ending, and it belongs to a documented American naming family of recent decades.
How old is the name Damani?
Damani first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Damani alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,600 people named Damani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Damani most popular?
Damani peaked in 2012, reaching #1155 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 1,103 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Damani
Our story of Damani is a story of a rhyme family. Amani, Kamani, Jamani, Damani and Damari all appear in the American registers within a couple of decades, the same shape with the front consonant swapped through. Swahili has amani, meaning peace, which is a real word and is often attached to these names without evidence. Damani appears from the 1990s and descends from its neighbors rather than from Swahili.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Da- front and -mani ending, alongside Amani, Kamani and Damari. A Swahili amani, 'peace', is a separate word sometimes cited without support for this name. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Damani
duh-MAH-nee
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Damani and Damanie are said identically.
Nicknames for Damani
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 2012158 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1155reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −17.3%62 in 2025, from 75
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Damani in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Damanie in English — spelling variant
- Amani in English — related form
- Damari in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Illinois, California.
Damanis among us
people named Damani are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Damani
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hilda test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Damani's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hilda climbed just as high around 1909, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hilda's path sketches the road Damani is walking now.
Damani sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Damani is headed
Damani should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Damani beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Damani in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Mani is available as a short form with real use elsewhere.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- It records a real American naming tradition.
- There is no documented meaning.
- The Swahili 'peace' attribution is not supported for this name.
- Damari and Damani are close enough to confuse.
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Frequently asked
- How many Damanis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Damani are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Damani in 2025?
- Damani ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Damani?
- About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Damani — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Damani with classmates?
- Damani will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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