Boys' name · peaked in 1977
Damion name popularity since 1925
16,927 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Damion. Half of them were born in 1998 or earlier, so the typical Damion is about 28 years old in 2026. Damion peaked in 1977 as the #352 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,927
- Named Damion, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,265 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% boys
- 39 girls · 16,888 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.38× its national share
Peak year is the year Damion made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Damion births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2002. Measured as a share of all babies, Damion peaked in 1977.
- Fastest rise: Between 1971 and 1976, Damion became 3.8× more common, from 1 in 13,000 baby boys to 1 in 3,440.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, its share of baby boys fell by 63%, from 1 in 3,310 to 1 in 8,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Damion's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Damion.
Decade by decade
Babies named Damion in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 253 | #1,998 |
| 1970s | 34 | 3,162 | #400 |
| 1980s | 5 | 1,897 | #688 |
| 1990s | 0 | 3,974 | #476 |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,040 | #509 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,005 | #1,218 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 552 | #2,265 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
43.5% of babies named Damion from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Damion is most popular
The index compares Damion's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Damion.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.38× | 611 |
| Mississippi | 1.82× | 315 |
| Florida | 1.65× | 850 |
| Texas | 1.49× | 1,671 |
| North Carolina | 1.42× | 574 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Damion and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Damion (this page) | 16,888 | 1977 |
| Damian | 109,826 | 2013 |
| Damon | 68,074 | 1976 |
| Damien | 64,757 | 2007 |
| Dameon | 4,267 | 1977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Damion's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Damion.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Damion (1977).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data