Damon Boy
How popular is Damon?
#501 boy name in 2025
604 baby boys were named Damon in the US in 2025, making it the 501st most popular boy name.
Damon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #501 for boys (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 604 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #427 in 2015, #430 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1976 (2,453 boys) |
| Highest rank | #104 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Damon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Damon family of names ranked #459 for boys in 2025 (#430 the year before), with 656 babies in all.
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 Damon is most popular
Babies named Damon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 0.9 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.9 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.8 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Kansas: 0.7 per 1,000 (50 boys)
Damon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #809 |
| 1890s | 45 | #640 |
| 1900s | 87 | #549 |
| 1910s | 336 | #783 |
| 1920s | 601 | #765 |
| 1930s | 631 | #703 |
| 1940s | 923 | #577 |
| 1950s | 2,051 | #434 |
| 1960s | 8,122 | #188 |
| 1970s | 20,052 | #104 |
| 1980s | 6,328 | #251 |
| 1990s | 9,632 | #272 |
| 2000s | 8,692 | #288 |
| 2010s | 7,129 | #378 |
| 2020s | 4,201 | #424 |
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Questions
- Is Damon a boy or girl name?
- Damon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Damon were boys.
- How popular is the name Damon?
- 604 baby boys were named Damon in the US in 2025, making it the 501st most popular boy name.
- When was Damon most popular?
- Damon peaked in 1976, when 2,453 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #104 in 1976.
- How many people are named Damon?
- 69,157 babies have been named Damon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 62,504 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Damon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Damon was most common in Alaska, at 0.9 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.