Damien

Where Damien comes from

The dictionaries list Damien as a given name — a male given name from Ancient Greek, the French equivalent of Damian — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Ancient Greek
Along the way
  1. 1936
    First appearance
    #3,147 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #161
    1,507 babies named Damien — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1979
    Damien Duff born
    Irish footballer and manager
  4. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #288.
  5. 1985
    Damien Chazelle born
    French-American filmmaker
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, the French equivalent of Damian
Namesakes
  • Damien Chazelle · French-American filmmaker, born 1985
  • Damien Duff · Irish footballer and manager, born 1979
  • Damien Hirst · English sculptor and installation artist, born 1965
  • Damien Perquis · French and Polish association football player, born 1984
  • Damien Rice · Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.