Damarco
Of unknown origin, perhaps a combination of Italian "da" and "Marco".
Name Census estimates that about 750 living Americans carry the first name Damarco. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Damarco today is around 24 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Damarco births was 1998 (44 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Damarco. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
750
~ 1 in 457,006 Americans
Peak year
1998
44 babies that year
Average age
24
years old
2024 SSA rank
#10,084
Tracked since 1978
Census
Damarco in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 537 people with the first name Damarco, which placed it at #19,615 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#19,615
National first-name rank
People counted
537
537 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
80.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Damarco
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Damarco is Black at 80.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (8.0%) and Two or More Races (6.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Damarco described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Damarco at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American80.8% · 434
- Hispanic or Latino8.0% · 43
- Two or more races6.9% · 37
- White2.6% · 14
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.5% · 8
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.2% · 1
Popularity
Damarco: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Damarco from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1990s, with 276 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1990s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Damarco by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Damarco during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Damarcos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. Michigan, Illinois, California recorded the most babies named Damarco, while Texas, Maryland, Ohio recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 20 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Damarco
The name Damarco has its origins in the Italian language and culture. It is believed to have emerged during the Renaissance period, around the 15th or 16th century, in the regions of Italy where the Romance languages were spoken.
Damarco is thought to be a combination of two Italian words – "da" meaning "from" and "marco" which was a common given name derived from the Latin name Marcus. The name Marcus has its roots in the Roman era and is believed to have originated from the name of the Roman god of war, Mars.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Damarco can be found in a medieval Italian text from the 13th century, where it was used as a surname. It is possible that the name later transitioned from being a surname to a given name during the Renaissance period.
In the 16th century, there was a notable Italian painter named Damarco Tintoretto, born in 1518 and died in 1594, who was the son of the famous Venetian artist Tintoretto. This early use of the name Damarco in the artistic circles of Renaissance Italy suggests its association with the cultural and intellectual milieu of that era.
Another notable figure with the name Damarco was Damarco Alighieri, an Italian poet and scholar who lived in the 14th century. He was a distant relative of the renowned poet Dante Alighieri and is known for his commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy.
In the 18th century, there was a Damarco Borghese, an Italian nobleman and art patron who was a member of the prominent Borghese family. He was born in 1726 and died in 1804.
During the 19th century, Damarco Verdi, an Italian composer and conductor, was born in 1832 and died in 1901. He was a contemporary of the famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi and contributed to the development of Italian opera.
In more recent times, there was a Damarco Rossini, an Italian painter and sculptor who lived from 1882 to 1954. He was known for his works depicting scenes from Italian rural life and landscapes.
People
Damarco + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Damarco as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with D
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Damarco: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Damarco?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 750 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Damarco going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 457,006 US residents.
Is Damarco a common name?
We classify Damarco as "Very Rare". It ranks above 88.1% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 763 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Damarco most popular?
The single biggest year for Damarco was 1998, when 44 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Damarco is about 24 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Damarco in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 537 people with the name Damarco, or 0.18 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #19,615 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Damarco in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Damarco?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Damarco leans strongly male. 532 people counted with this name were male (98.7%), compared with 7 female bearers (1.3%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Damarco?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Damarco is Black at 80.8%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (8.0%) and Two or More Races (6.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Damarco most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Damarco in the 2020 Census, accounting for 80.8% (434 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Damarco in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Damarco a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Damarco in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Damarco still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Damarco in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Damarco can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Damarco?
See how many people share the name Damarco on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.