Damian Boy
How popular is Damian?
#109 boy name in 2025
3,213 baby boys were named Damian in the US in 2025, making it the 109th most popular boy name.
Damian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #109 for boys (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,213 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #116 in 2015, #110 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (3,976 boys) |
| Highest rank | #98 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Damian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Damian family of names ranked #86 for boys in 2025 (#87 the year before), with 4,241 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Damian | 3,213 | 76% |
| Damien | 935 | 22% |
| Damion | 62 | 1% |
| Daymian | 14 | 0% |
| Daymien | 6 | 0% |
| Damyan | 6 | 0% |
| Damiane | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Damian is most popular
Babies named Damian per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 4.6 per 1,000 (4,250 boys)
- New Mexico: 4.5 per 1,000 (149 boys)
- Nevada: 4.5 per 1,000 (257 boys)
- Arizona: 4.0 per 1,000 (656 boys)
- Texas: 3.6 per 1,000 (3,174 boys)
Damian by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,192 |
| 1930s | 126 | #1,689 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,109 |
| 1950s | 700 | #749 |
| 1960s | 1,865 | #453 |
| 1970s | 7,282 | #210 |
| 1980s | 5,719 | #307 |
| 1990s | 12,688 | #206 |
| 2000s | 26,034 | #127 |
| 2010s | 35,284 | #98 |
| 2020s | 19,855 | #108 |
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Questions
- Is Damian a boy or girl name?
- Damian is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Damian were boys.
- How popular is the name Damian?
- 3,213 baby boys were named Damian in the US in 2025, making it the 109th most popular boy name.
- When was Damian most popular?
- Damian peaked in 2013, when 3,976 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #98 in 2013.
- How many people are named Damian?
- 110,256 babies have been named Damian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 107,362 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Damian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Damian was most common in California, at 4.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.