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
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 2,453 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 68,841since 1880
Damon over time
Rank among boys' names. Damon has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #501 | 604 | |
| 2024 | — | #454 | 690 | |
| 2023 | — | #425 | 743 | |
| 2022 | — | #424 | 744 | |
| 2021 | — | #424 | 727 | |
| 2020 | — | #430 | 693 | |
| 2019 | — | #460 | 651 | |
| 2018 | — | #427 | 718 | |
| 2017 | — | #438 | 709 | |
| 2016 | — | #442 | 700 | |
| 2015 | — | #427 | 719 | |
| 2014 | — | #406 | 764 | |
| 2013 | — | #378 | 796 | |
| 2012 | — | #403 | 722 | |
| 2011 | — | #414 | 682 | |
| 2010 | — | #419 | 668 | |
| 2009 | — | #516 | 521 | |
| 2008 | — | #472 | 585 | |
| 2007 | — | #428 | 674 | |
| 2006 | — | #381 | 782 | |
| 2005 | — | #321 | 1,007 | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | #314 | 992 |
| 2003 | — | #298 | 1,022 | |
| 2002 | — | #290 | 1,027 | |
| 2001 | — | #288 | 1,038 | |
| 2000 | — | #289 | 1,044 | |
| 1999 | — | #285 | 1,020 | |
| 1998 | — | #272 | 1,052 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #284 | 986 |
| 1996 | — | #279 | 1,001 | |
| 1995 | — | #283 | 957 | |
| 1994 | — | #293 | 935 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #281 | 1,000 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #284 | 1,005 |
| 1991 | — | #291 | 888 | |
| 1990 | — | #321 | 788 | |
| 1989 | — | #354 | 642 | |
| 1988 | — | #356 | 584 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #366 | 533 |
| 1986 | — | #342 | 561 | |
| 1985 | — | #331 | 593 | |
| 1984 | — | #322 | 596 | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #319 | 600 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #309 | 638 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #293 | 684 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #251 | 897 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #166 | 1,445 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #132 | 1,981 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | #112 | 2,357 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #104 | 2,453 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #114 | 2,280 |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | #110 | 2,360 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #125 | 2,045 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #137 | 1,927 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #171 | 1,582 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | #174 | 1,622 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #188 | 1,455 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #188 | 1,330 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #224 | 982 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #241 | 865 |
| 1965 | — | #280 | 720 | |
| 1964 | — | #298 | 700 | |
| 1963 | — | #281 | 753 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #360 | 487 |
| 1961 | — | #367 | 468 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #418 | 362 |
| 1959 | — | #434 | 339 | |
| 1958 | — | #511 | 228 | |
| 1957 | — | #482 | 261 | |
| 1956 | — | #493 | 235 | |
| 1955 | — | #506 | 214 | |
| 1954 | — | #499 | 213 | |
| 1953 | — | #540 | 175 | |
| 1952 | — | #615 | 133 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #610 | 133 |
| 1950 | — | #626 | 120 | |
| 1949 | — | #579 | 136 | |
| 1948 | — | #663 | 104 | |
| 1947 | — | #577 | 137 | |
| 1946 | — | #634 | 103 | |
| 1945 | — | #728 | 71 | |
| 1944 | — | #712 | 76 | |
| 1943 | — | #768 | 72 | |
| 1942 | — | #652 | 96 | |
| 1941 | — | #778 | 64 | |
| 1940 | — | #770 | 64 | |
| 1939 | — | #717 | 69 | |
| 1938 | — | #764 | 64 | |
| 1937 | — | #729 | 69 | |
| 1936 | — | #714 | 70 | |
| 1935 | — | #894 | 50 | |
| 1934 | — | #762 | 65 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #786 | 65 | |
| 1931 | — | #901 | 51 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #960 | 49 | |
| 1928 | — | #786 | 68 | |
| 1927 | — | #849 | 63 | |
| 1926 | — | #765 | 71 | |
| 1925 | — | #843 | 62 | |
| 1924 | — | #897 | 60 | |
| 1923 | — | #976 | 50 | |
| 1922 | — | #801 | 70 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,026 | 46 | |
| 1920 | — | #865 | 62 | |
| 1919 | — | #850 | 60 | |
| 1918 | — | #986 | 46 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,152 | 34 | |
| 1916 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1915 | — | #980 | 41 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,054 | 29 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,146 | 20 | |
| 1912 | — | #783 | 31 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1976 at #104 (2,453 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1922–2025
- Highest: 1 in 640 boys born in 1976 were named Damon (0.16%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,828 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 29.1% of all boys named Damon (20,052) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #809 (1880) | #892 |
| 1890s | 45 | #641 (1892) | #853 |
| 1900s | 87 | #549 (1905) | #802 |
| 1910s | 336 | #783 (1912) | #1,044 |
| 1920s | 601 | #765 (1926) | #877 |
| 1930s | 631 | #703 (1933) | #786 |
| 1940s | 923 | #577 (1947) | #686 |
| 1950s | 2,051 | #434 (1959) | #532 |
| 1960s | 8,122 | #188 (1969) | #285 |
| 1970s | 20,052 | #104 (1976) | #135 |
| 1980s | 6,328 | #251 (1980) | #324 |
| 1990s | 9,632 | #272 (1998) | #287 |
| 2000s | 8,692 | #288 (2001) | #360 |
| 2010s | 7,129 | #378 (2013) | #421 |
| 2020s | 4,201 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 89,485 of them was named Damon, which outranked 63.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,404Waleska18
- #3,404Yolandra18
- #3,404Zara18
- #3,543Damon17
- #3,543Abena17
- #3,543Alex17
- #3,543Alicea17
- #3,714Adella16
- #3,714Adelle16
- #3,714Adrena16
Tied with 170 names at #3,543; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 842 of them was named Damon, which outranked 97.6% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).