Fun Facts About the Name Damaso
- 280 babies named Damaso: U.S. records list 280 babies given the name Damaso from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Damaso Mean?
Damaso is a Romance-language form of the Latin name Damasus, which comes from the Greek Damasos (Δάμασος). The Greek name is related to the verb damazō (δαμάζω), meaning 'to tame, subdue, or overpower.' It is therefore usually understood as 'tamer' or 'subduer.' The literal verb sense is 'taming' or 'subduing'; the personal-name gloss 'tamer' is a customary interpretation rather than a separate etymology. The accented Spanish form is Dámaso, the Portuguese form is Dâmaso, and the Italian form is Damaso.
Damaso Name History & Origins
The Greek personal name Damasos was Latinized as Damasus. That Latin form is best known from Pope Damasus I, bishop of Rome from 366 to 384, who is venerated as a saint and who commissioned Jerome to revise the Latin Gospels. A later pope, Damasus II, held the see briefly in 1048. In the Romance languages the name appears as Spanish Dámaso, Portuguese Dâmaso, and Italian Damaso.
In Spanish, the acute accent in Dámaso marks stress on the first syllable; in Portuguese, the circumflex in Dâmaso marks a stressed, closed a. The unaccented spelling Damaso is used in Italian and as an English-language rendering. The Spanish poet and critic Dámaso Alonso (1898 - 1990) is a modern bearer of the accented Spanish form.
How Popular is the Name Damaso?
Damaso has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1983. Its best rank was #2,825 in 1966.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,453 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #11,191 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,605 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,470 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #12,670 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,648 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #12,754 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #12,418 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2005 | #8,457 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,232 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #9,835 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,507 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,927 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #9,925 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #8,154 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,133 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #7,108 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,962 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,622 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #7,468 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,554 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #6,354 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #5,888 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #7,178 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #4,194 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #3,930 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1982 | #6,565 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #4,604 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,214 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #4,490 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #5,990 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,023 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #5,776 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #3,903 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #4,152 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #4,543 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #3,923 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #3,635 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #2,825 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #4,166 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #4,101 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #3,612 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,984 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #3,940 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1953 | #3,928 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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