Damian
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #12,464 · #109 for boys in 2025, 3,213 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2013 · 3,976 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 2 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 109,920since 1912
Damian over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #109 | 3,213 | |
| 2024 | — | #110 | 3,245 | |
| 2023 | — | #108 | 3,293 | |
| 2022 | — | #108 | 3,466 | |
| 2021 | — | #113 | 3,299 | |
| 2020 | — | #110 | 3,339 | |
| 2019 | — | #112 | 3,452 | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #109 | 3,553 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #119 | 3,344 |
| 2016 | — | #123 | 3,346 | |
| 2015 | — | #116 | 3,491 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #102 | 3,882 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #98 | 3,976 |
| 2012 | — | #99 | 3,860 | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #138 | 3,014 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #121 | 3,366 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #127 | 3,350 |
| 2008 | — | #133 | 3,077 | |
| 2007 | — | #137 | 2,989 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #137 | 2,977 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #156 | 2,630 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #160 | 2,529 |
| 2003 | — | #163 | 2,454 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #163 | 2,345 |
| 2001 | — | #189 | 1,963 | |
| 2000 | — | #205 | 1,720 | |
| 1999 | — | #220 | 1,540 | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #207 | 1,567 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #206 | 1,507 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #214 | 1,408 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #221 | 1,351 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #215 | 1,349 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #252 | 1,133 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #261 | 1,087 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #277 | 964 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #322 | 782 |
| 1989 | — | #307 | 777 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #342 | 620 |
| 1987 | — | #364 | 537 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #363 | 514 |
| 1985 | — | #362 | 507 | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | #346 | 540 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #339 | 542 |
| 1982 | — | #328 | 583 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #347 | 517 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #326 | 582 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | #296 | 678 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #244 | 847 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #210 | 1,054 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #213 | 993 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #230 | 891 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | #241 | 829 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #278 | 658 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #298 | 622 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #417 | 371 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #446 | 339 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #455 | 283 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #453 | 285 |
| 1967 | — | #571 | 173 | |
| 1966 | — | #577 | 171 | |
| 1965 | — | #597 | 162 | |
| 1964 | — | #585 | 183 | |
| 1963 | — | #602 | 170 | |
| 1962 | — | #607 | 163 | |
| 1961 | — | #656 | 143 | |
| 1960 | — | #683 | 132 | |
| 1959 | — | #750 | 103 | |
| 1958 | — | #835 | 81 | |
| 1957 | — | #803 | 87 | |
| 1956 | — | #792 | 88 | |
| 1955 | — | #779 | 88 | |
| 1954 | — | #892 | 68 | |
| 1953 | — | #989 | 53 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,181 | 37 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,110 | 40 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,280 | 32 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,519 | 24 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,692 | 18 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,249 | 28 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,399 | 25 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,685 | 17 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,680 | 17 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,689 | 17 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,328 | 11 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,240 | 14 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Damian! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Damian
- 1 spot since 2024 (#110 → #109)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#110 → #109)
- 7 spots since 2015 (#116 → #109)
- Biggest jump: 232 spots in 1952 (#1,171 → #939)
- Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1979 (#244 → #296)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2013 at #98 (3,976 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 2 yrs · run 2012–2013
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1952–2025
- Highest: 1 in 476 boys born in 2013 were named Damian (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 532 boys born in 2025 (0.19%)
- 32.1% of all boys named Damian (35,284) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | #2,092 (1913) | #2,671 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,193 (1925) | #3,013 |
| 1930s | 126 | #1,689 (1938) | #2,133 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,110 (1949) | #1,530 |
| 1950s | 700 | #750 (1959) | #913 |
| 1960s | 1,865 | #453 (1968) | #579 |
| 1970s | 7,282 | #210 (1977) | #287 |
| 1980s | 5,719 | #307 (1989) | #342 |
| 1990s | 12,688 | #206 (1997) | #240 |
| 2000s | 26,034 | #127 (2009) | #157 |
| 2010s | 35,284 | #98 (2013) | #114 |
| 2020s | 19,855 | #108 (2022) | #110 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Damian in 2013
Top girls' names in 2013
Top boys' names in 2013
More about 2013
girls
1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 159,522 of them was named Damian, which outranked 50.1% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,036Zylee12
- #9,036Zynah12
- #9,036Zynique12
- #9,612Damian11
- #9,612Aalijah11
- #9,612Aaron11
- #9,612Abrey11
- #10,235Aadhira10
- #10,235Aalaysia10
- #10,235Aalina10
Tied with 622 names at #9,612; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 476 of them was named Damian, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.