Damon

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #501 for boys in 2025, 604 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1976 · 2,453 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
68,841
since 1880

Damon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Damon has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #104, 1976boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#501604
2024#454690
2023#425743
2022#424744
2021#424727
2020#430693
2019#460651
2018#427718
2017#438709
2016#442700
2015#427719
2014#406764
2013#378796
2012#403722
2011#414682
2010#419668
2009#516521
2008#472585
2007#428674
2006#381782
2005#3211,007
2004#14,1796#314992
2003#2981,022
2002#2901,027
2001#2881,038
2000#2891,044
1999#2851,020
1998#2721,052
1997#9,8028#284986
1996#2791,001
1995#283957
1994#293935
1993#11,7806#2811,000
1992#9,4918#2841,005
1991#291888
1990#321788
1989#354642
1988#356584
1987#9,8256#366533
1986#342561
1985#331593
1984#322596
1983#5,45712#319600
1982#6,8889#309638
1981#8,1287#293684
1980#7,4188#251897
1979#5,09213#1661,445
1978#3,92418#1321,981
1977#2,78029#1122,357
1976#2,93225#1042,453
1975#3,25921#1142,280
1974#2,68327#1102,360
1973#3,78716#1252,045
1972#3,54317#1371,927
1971#3,16621#1711,582
1970#4,24613#1741,622
1969#4,19812#1881,455
1968#6,2466#1881,330
1967#5,4577#224982
1966#6,5645#241865
1965#280720
1964#298700
1963#281753
1962#5,8606#360487
1961#367468
1960#6,3905#418362
1959#434339
1958#511228
1957#482261
1956#493235
1955#506214
1954#499213
1953#540175
1952#615133
1951#5,4145#610133
1950#626120
1949#579136
1948#663104
1947#577137
1946#634103
1945#72871
1944#71276
1943#76872
1942#65296
1941#77864
1940#77064
1939#71769
1938#76464
1937#72969
1936#71470
1935#89450
1934#76265
1933#70373
1932#78665
1931#90151
1930#89255
1929#96049
1928#78668
1927#84963
1926#76571
1925#84362
1924#89760
1923#97650
1922#80170
1921#1,02646
1920#86562
1919#85060
1918#98646
1917#1,15234
1916#79061
1915#98041
1914#1,05429
1913#1,14620
1912#78331
1911#1,3877
1910#1,3147
1909#89311
1908
1907#73513
1906#8529
1905#54918
1904#64713
1903#1,0096
1902
1901#9436
1900#78511
1899#8577
1898#8857
1897
1896#1,1015
1895#7958
1894
1893#8367
1892#64111
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Damon was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Damon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#454#501)
  • 71 spots since 2020 (#430#501)
  • 74 spots since 2015 (#427#501)
  • Biggest jump: 604 spots in 1912 (#1,387#783)
  • Biggest drop: 421 spots in 1910 (#893#1,314)
Rise & fade · boys
96 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1976 at #104 (2,453 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1922–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 640
  • Highest: 1 in 640 boys born in 1976 were named Damon (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,828 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 29.1% of all boys named Damon (20,052) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#809 (1880)#892
1890s45#641 (1892)#853
1900s87#549 (1905)#802
1910s336#783 (1912)#1,044
1920s601#765 (1926)#877
1930s631#703 (1933)#786
1940s923#577 (1947)#686
1950s2,051#434 (1959)#532
1960s8,122#188 (1969)#285
1970s20,052#104 (1976)#135
1980s6,328#251 (1980)#324
1990s9,632#272 (1998)#287
2000s8,692#288 (2001)#360
2010s7,129#378 (2013)#421
2020s4,201#424 (2022)#443

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.

Damon in 1970

girls
#4,246
13 births · 1 in 134,473 girls
boys
#174
1,622 births · 1 in 1,146 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #4,246Damon13

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #174Damon1,622
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 134,473 of them was named Damon, which outranked 54.6% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Damon
  1. #4,038Veronika14
  2. #4,038Zella14
  3. #4,038Zondra14
  4. #4,246Damon13
  5. #4,246Alda13
  6. #4,246Alfredia13
  7. #4,246Alisande13
  8. #4,492Adonna12
  9. #4,492Agustina12
  10. #4,492Alaine12

Tied with 245 names at #4,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 1,541Tanisha#2,515#974
  2. 1,194India#1,955#761
  3. 695Shay#1,648#953
  4. 685Terra#1,303#618
  5. 669Dyan#1,648#979
Fallers
  1. 385Cinnamon#698#1,083
  2. 306Kaye#932#1,238
  3. 303Luanne#990#1,293
  4. 273Laureen#845#1,118
  5. 273Lesia#965#1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 1,146 of them was named Damon, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Damon
  1. #171Melvin1,678
  2. #172Ricardo1,653
  3. #173Earl1,630
  4. #174Damon1,622
  5. #175Clinton1,595
  6. #176Clifford1,582
  7. #177Karl1,575
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. 3,783Jermaine#4,404#621
  2. 1,000Dax#1,861#861
  3. 842Jeramy#1,810#968
  4. 639Branden#1,570#931
  5. 407Braden#1,396#989
Fallers
  1. 593Jemal#549#1,142
  2. 307Karen#885#1,192
  3. 307Merlin#885#1,192
  4. 302Dennie#920#1,222
  5. 276Luciano#931#1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970