Damir
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies
Boy’s name · Slavic
What Damir means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Damir yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1974, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Damir?
▼ 185 vs 2024
▲ 43 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #1567 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 316 boys got the name (#795 that year). First in the US records in 1974.
How common
- About 1 in 7,331 baby boys in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 6,324 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in MD (0.52 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.47 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.46 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Damir is #980 in the US and #771 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #980 | 233 | 1 in 7,331 | #1567 |
| England & Wales | #771 | 43 | 1 in 6,324 | #2319 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Damir were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 0 | 233 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 43 |
| US all years since 1880 | 5 | 3,444 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 298 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Demir87 US · 37 E&W
- Tymir114 US
- Tamir88 US
- Tahmir20 US
- Damar15 US
- Dameir15 US
- Dahmir13 US
- Demar10 US
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Damir
Boys
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- Milan#242Editor’s note Used for both: 80% of US babies named Milan in 2025 were boys
- Ira#819“watchful”*
- Ivan#162Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”*
- Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”*
- Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”*
For a sister
- Milena#950“dear, kind”*
- Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
- Milan#751Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 8 babies
- Ivanna#566Same root as Jane, meaning “God is gracious”*
- Vera#205“faith”*
- Lana#406Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Slavic where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Damir’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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