How Many People Are Named Damien?
people named Damien are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,422 people in the US has this name
Based on 65,018 babies named Damien in Social Security records from 1936 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,265 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of DAMIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Damien (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Damien alive today is about 23 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Damien first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 2007, to 2,265 babies. In 2025, 935 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Damien has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #161, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #352.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #352 |
| Best rank | #161 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #203 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Damien alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Damien were born in California than in any other state: about 8,975 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Damien was given 2.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.6 times in District of Columbia and 1.6 times in Louisiana.
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