How Many People Are Named Damon?
people named Damon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,494 people in the US has this name
Based on 69,157 babies named Damon in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
2,478 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Greek Ξ΄Ξ±ΞΌΞ±ΞΆΟ (damazo) meaning "to tame". According to Greek legend, Damon and Pythias were friends who lived on Syracuse in the 4th century BC. When Pythias was sentenced to death, he was allowed to temporarily go free on the condition that Damon take his place in prison. Pythias returned just before Damon was to be executed in his place, and the king was so impressed with their loyalty to one another that he pardoned Pythias. As an English given name, it has only been regularly used since the 20th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Damon (99.5%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Damon alive today is about 36 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 51 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Damon first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1976, to 2,478 babies. In 2025, 604 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Damon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #104, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #501.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #501 |
| Best rank | #104 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #138 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Damon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Damon were born in California than in any other state: about 6,750 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Damon was given 1.8 times as often in District of Columbia, 1.7 times in Indiana and 1.7 times in Louisiana.
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