Damien Boy
How popular is Damien?
#352 boy name in 2025
935 baby boys were named Damien in the US in 2025, making it the 352nd most popular boy name.
Damien popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #352 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 935 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #254 in 2015, #277 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (2,265 boys) |
| Highest rank | #161 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1936 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Damien counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Damian family of names ranked #86 for boys in 2025 (#87 the year before), with 4,241 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Damian | 3,213 | 76% |
| Damien | 935 | 22% |
| Damion | 62 | 1% |
| Daymian | 14 | 0% |
| Daymien | 6 | 0% |
| Damyan | 6 | 0% |
| Damiane | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Damien is most popular
Babies named Damien per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 1.5 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Nevada: 1.4 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Oregon: 1.0 per 1,000 (78 boys)
- Arizona: 1.0 per 1,000 (164 boys)
Damien by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,146 |
| 1940s | 86 | #1,940 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,369 |
| 1960s | 504 | #799 |
| 1970s | 6,426 | #161 |
| 1980s | 8,168 | #182 |
| 1990s | 9,073 | #268 |
| 2000s | 18,526 | #182 |
| 2010s | 15,261 | #192 |
| 2020s | 6,506 | #277 |
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Questions
- Is Damien a boy or girl name?
- Damien is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Damien were boys.
- How popular is the name Damien?
- 935 baby boys were named Damien in the US in 2025, making it the 352nd most popular boy name.
- When was Damien most popular?
- Damien peaked in 2007, when 2,265 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #161 in 1978.
- How many people are named Damien?
- 65,018 babies have been named Damien in the US since 1880. We estimate about 63,159 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Damien most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Damien was most common in Alaska, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.