Damon
Damon is ranked 454th among boys in 2024 (686 births). Its best rank was 104th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- #454down 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6860.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 19762,453 births
- Best rank
- #104in 1976
- Since 1880
- 68,226people given the name
The story in the numbers
68,226 boys have been named Damon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 2,453 births — 0.16% 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 406 → 454).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1970s alone account for 29%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Damon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 45 | |
| 1900s | 87 | |
| 1910s | 336 | |
| 1920s | 601 | |
| 1930s | 631 | |
| 1940s | 923 | |
| 1950s | 2,051 | |
| 1960s | 8,121 | |
| 1970s | 20,051 | |
| 1980s | 6,329 | |
| 1990s | 9,632 | |
| 2000s | 8,692 | |
| 2010s | 7,125 | |
| 2020s | 3,591 |
In 1976, its biggest year
Damon was the 104th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1976 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1976.
Names that rose and fell with Damon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tobypeak 1975
- Jobypeak 1977
- Demetriospeak 1974
- Torrancepeak 1973
- Damondpeak 1974
- Chepeak 1974
- Dionpeak 1970
- Marlonpeak 1972
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.