Meaning not yet researched.
Damon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 604 in 2025. Its best rank was #104 in 1976.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #104 in 1976; #501 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Damon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#501 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1976, at #104.
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Damon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 604 boys in 2025. Peak: #104 in 1976 · most boys in one year: 2,453 (1976).
In 2025, 604 US boys were named Damon, making it the 501st most common boys’ name of the year, down 47 places from #454 in 2024. That is 86 fewer than the 690 boys named Damon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #104, reached in 1976. That year also had the most boys given the name: 2,453. For comparison, it was #427 in 2015 and #627 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Damon in 132 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 6 babies. In all, 69,157 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1970s, with 20,252 babies named Damon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,979 US boys were named Damon; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 744. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,828 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Damon ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #277 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Damian (110,256 babies since 1880), Damien (65,018 babies since 1880), Damion (16,927 babies since 1880) and Dameon (4,267 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Daymon, Damone and Daimon are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Daymon (1,723), Damone (1,259), Daimon (802), Daimen (319), Daymeon (130), Daemyn (130), Daymen (63), Daimeon (59), Dameyon (47), Daemeon (44), Daemen (12).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Damon in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 13 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 7 | #277 | — |
| Nevada | 11 | #280 | #294 |
| Mississippi | 10 | #322 | — |
| Nebraska | 7 | #344 | — |
| Kansas | 10 | #359 | #317 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #362 | #494 |
| Washington | 20 | #369 | #386 |
| Florida | 49 | #395 | #439 |
| Texas | 78 | #430 | #491 |
| Missouri | 14 | #441 | #294 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #444 | #314 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | #444 | #345 |
| Oregon | 8 | #447 | #405 |
| Idaho | 5 | #448 | #272 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #455 | #403 |
| Ohio | 23 | #459 | #363 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #461 | #619 |
| Maryland | 10 | #480 | #457 |
| Indiana | 14 | #489 | #376 |
| Iowa | 6 | #515 | #517 |
| Utah | 8 | #525 | #365 |
| Virginia | 14 | #530 | #748 |
| Alabama | 9 | #537 | #391 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #542 | #438 |
| Georgia | 19 | #544 | #553 |
| Michigan | 15 | #546 | #441 |
| New York | 27 | #573 | #394 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #579 | #459 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #583 | #484 |
| Minnesota | 8 | #599 | #654 |
| California | 49 | #603 | #476 |
| Louisiana | 7 | #607 | #336 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #639 | #380 |
| Tennessee | 10 | #682 | #374 |
| Illinois | 13 | #688 | #427 |
| Colorado | 7 | #700 | #422 |
| Arizona | 8 | #735 | #466 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #768 | #535 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 604 | #501 |
| 2024 | — | — | 690 | #454 |
| 2023 | — | — | 743 | #425 |
| 2022 | — | — | 744 | #424 |
| 2021 | — | — | 727 | #424 |
| 2020 | — | — | 693 | #430 |
| 2019 | — | — | 651 | #460 |
| 2018 | — | — | 718 | #427 |
| 2017 | — | — | 709 | #438 |
| 2016 | — | — | 700 | #442 |
| 2015 | — | — | 719 | #427 |
| 2014 | — | — | 764 | #406 |
| 2013 | — | — | 796 | #378 |
| 2012 | — | — | 722 | #403 |
| 2011 | — | — | 682 | #414 |
| 2010 | — | — | 668 | #419 |
| 2009 | — | — | 521 | #517 |
| 2008 | — | — | 585 | #472 |
| 2007 | — | — | 674 | #428 |
| 2006 | — | — | 782 | #381 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,007 | #321 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,589 | 992 | #314 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,022 | #298 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,027 | #290 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,038 | #288 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,044 | #289 |
| 1999 | — | — | 1,020 | #285 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,052 | #272 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,014 | 986 | #284 |
| 1996 | — | — | 1,001 | #279 |
| 1995 | — | — | 957 | #283 |
| 1994 | — | — | 935 | #293 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,132 | 1,000 | #281 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,683 | 1,005 | #284 |
| 1991 | — | — | 888 | #291 |
| 1990 | — | — | 788 | #321 |
| 1989 | — | — | 642 | #354 |
| 1988 | — | — | 584 | #356 |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,124 | 533 | #367 |
| 1986 | — | — | 561 | #342 |
| 1985 | — | — | 593 | #331 |
| 1984 | — | — | 596 | #322 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,528 | 600 | #319 |
| 1982 | 9 | #7,009 | 638 | #309 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,305 | 684 | #293 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,560 | 897 | #251 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,155 | 1,445 | #166 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,947 | 1,981 | #132 |
| 1977 | 29 | #2,790 | 2,357 | #112 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,944 | 2,453 | #104 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,295 | 2,280 | #114 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,694 | 2,360 | #110 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,812 | 2,045 | #125 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,579 | 1,927 | #137 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,185 | 1,582 | #171 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,279 | 1,622 | #174 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,230 | 1,455 | #188 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,389 | 1,330 | #188 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,575 | 982 | #224 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,776 | 865 | #241 |
| 1965 | — | — | 720 | #280 |
| 1964 | — | — | 700 | #298 |
| 1963 | — | — | 753 | #281 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,994 | 487 | #360 |
| 1961 | — | — | 468 | #367 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,546 | 362 | #418 |
| 1959 | — | — | 339 | #434 |
| 1958 | — | — | 228 | #511 |
| 1957 | — | — | 261 | #483 |
| 1956 | — | — | 235 | #493 |
| 1955 | — | — | 214 | #506 |
| 1954 | — | — | 213 | #499 |
| 1953 | — | — | 175 | #540 |
| 1952 | — | — | 133 | #615 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,578 | 133 | #610 |
| 1950 | — | — | 120 | #627 |
| 1949 | — | — | 136 | #579 |
| 1948 | — | — | 104 | #663 |
| 1947 | — | — | 137 | #577 |
| 1946 | — | — | 103 | #634 |
| 1945 | — | — | 71 | #728 |
| 1944 | — | — | 76 | #712 |
| 1943 | — | — | 72 | #768 |
| 1942 | — | — | 96 | #653 |
| 1941 | — | — | 64 | #781 |
| 1940 | — | — | 64 | #772 |
| 1939 | — | — | 69 | #718 |
| 1938 | — | — | 64 | #764 |
| 1937 | — | — | 69 | #732 |
| 1936 | — | — | 70 | #715 |
| 1935 | — | — | 50 | #896 |
| 1934 | — | — | 65 | #764 |
| 1933 | — | — | 73 | #704 |
| 1932 | — | — | 65 | #787 |
| 1931 | — | — | 51 | #902 |
| 1930 | — | — | 55 | #896 |
| 1929 | — | — | 49 | #962 |
| 1928 | — | — | 68 | #788 |
| 1927 | — | — | 63 | #850 |
| 1926 | — | — | 71 | #771 |
| 1925 | — | — | 62 | #846 |
| 1924 | — | — | 60 | #899 |
| 1923 | — | — | 50 | #983 |
| 1922 | — | — | 70 | #801 |
| 1921 | — | — | 46 | #1,032 |
| 1920 | — | — | 62 | #866 |
| 1919 | — | — | 60 | #853 |
| 1918 | — | — | 46 | #987 |
| 1917 | — | — | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | — | — | 61 | #791 |
| 1915 | — | — | 41 | #983 |
| 1914 | — | — | 29 | #1,060 |
| 1913 | — | — | 20 | #1,152 |
| 1912 | — | — | 31 | #786 |
| 1911 | — | — | 7 | #1,418 |
| 1910 | — | — | 7 | #1,337 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #907 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #747 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #866 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #550 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #651 |
| 1903 | — | — | 6 | #1,037 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #975 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #797 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #877 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #905 |
| 1896 | — | — | 5 | #1,135 |
| 1895 | — | — | 8 | #809 |
| 1893 | — | — | 7 | #850 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #651 |
| 1889 | — | — | 5 | #1,001 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #839 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).