Damian
Damian is ranked 110th among boys in 2024 (3,233 births). Its best rank was 98th, in 2013.
- Rank in 2024
- #110down 2 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,2330.19% of boys
- Peak year
- 20133,974 births
- Best rank
- #98in 2013
- Since 1912
- 106,683people given the name
The story in the numbers
106,683 boys have been named Damian in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 3,974 births — 0.21% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 102 → 110).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 33%. It has spent 73 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 2 of them in the top 100.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Damian | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 45 | |
| 1920s | 91 | |
| 1930s | 126 | |
| 1940s | 231 | |
| 1950s | 700 | |
| 1960s | 1,865 | |
| 1970s | 7,283 | |
| 1980s | 5,721 | |
| 1990s | 12,687 | |
| 2000s | 26,033 | |
| 2010s | 35,277 | |
| 2020s | 16,624 |
In 2013, its biggest year
Damian was the 98th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.
Names that rose and fell with Damian
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Micahpeak 2022
- Jaipeak 2014
- Sladepeak 2007
- Yechielpeak 2024
- Yehoshuapeak 2019
- Brampeak 2016
- Olivierpeak 2011
- Nicolaipeak 2015
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.