Damion
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · #2,258 for boys in 2025, 62 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1977 · 496 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,888since 1957
Damion over time
Rank among boys' names. Damion has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,258 | 62 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,028 | 75 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,754 | 93 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,022 | 75 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,479 | 121 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,386 | 126 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,386 | 128 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,244 | 148 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,213 | 151 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,159 | 165 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,216 | 151 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,110 | 172 | |
| 2013 | — | #849 | 251 | |
| 2012 | — | #942 | 216 | |
| 2011 | — | #780 | 288 | |
| 2010 | — | #695 | 335 | |
| 2009 | — | #661 | 372 | |
| 2008 | — | #601 | 418 | |
| 2007 | — | #541 | 473 | |
| 2006 | — | #494 | 524 | |
| 2005 | — | #508 | 484 | |
| 2004 | — | #464 | 550 | |
| 2003 | — | #472 | 531 | |
| 2002 | — | #432 | 579 | |
| 2001 | — | #442 | 547 | |
| 2000 | — | #433 | 562 | |
| 1999 | — | #450 | 509 | |
| 1998 | — | #435 | 526 | |
| 1997 | — | #482 | 447 | |
| 1996 | — | #486 | 440 | |
| 1995 | — | #476 | 454 | |
| 1994 | — | #495 | 413 | |
| 1993 | — | #549 | 339 | |
| 1992 | — | #580 | 309 | |
| 1991 | — | #572 | 312 | |
| 1990 | — | #675 | 225 | |
| 1989 | — | #719 | 189 | |
| 1988 | — | #751 | 159 | |
| 1987 | — | #749 | 149 | |
| 1986 | — | #683 | 175 | |
| 1985 | — | #688 | 166 | |
| 1984 | — | #591 | 205 | |
| 1983 | — | #643 | 178 | |
| 1982 | — | #601 | 205 | |
| 1981 | — | #574 | 221 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #543 | 250 |
| 1979 | — | #434 | 341 | |
| 1978 | — | #384 | 413 | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #352 | 496 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #358 | 456 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #400 | 367 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #415 | 355 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #519 | 229 |
| 1972 | — | #514 | 235 | |
| 1971 | — | #707 | 136 | |
| 1970 | — | #712 | 134 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,008 | 58 | |
| 1968 | — | #844 | 74 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,987 | 16 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Damion! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Damion is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#119 · 1 in 564
- South Carolina#246 · 1 in 1,620
- Virginia#257 · 1 in 2,079
- Maryland#287 · 1 in 2,833
- Ohio#295 · 1 in 3,654
Best ever in a state: #119 in District of Columbia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #119 | 14 | 1 in 564 |
| South Carolina | #246 | 13 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Virginia | #257 | 16 | 1 in 2,079 |
| Maryland | #287 | 8 | 1 in 2,833 |
| Ohio | #295 | 22 | 1 in 3,654 |
| North Carolina | #298 | 14 | 1 in 2,683 |
| New Jersey | #304 | 15 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Kentucky | #305 | 8 | 1 in 3,519 |
| Arkansas | #307 | 6 | 1 in 2,656 |
| Kansas | #329 | 5 | 1 in 3,366 |
| Michigan | #339 | 16 | 1 in 4,189 |
| Tennessee | #348 | 9 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Louisiana | #354 | 14 | 1 in 2,493 |
| Oregon | #354 | 5 | 1 in 3,873 |
| Alabama | #384 | 7 | 1 in 3,856 |
| Wisconsin | #396 | 5 | 1 in 6,906 |
| Texas | #421 | 34 | 1 in 3,627 |
| Missouri | #422 | 6 | 1 in 6,122 |
| Illinois | #458 | 16 | 1 in 5,234 |
| Indiana | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,844 |
| New York | #470 | 20 | 1 in 5,551 |
| California | #487 | 32 | 1 in 5,617 |
| Georgia | #496 | 7 | 1 in 5,612 |
| Florida | #514 | 10 | 1 in 5,474 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 6 | 1 in 12,678 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Damion
- 230 spots since 2024 (#2,028 → #2,258)
- 872 spots since 2020 (#1,386 → #2,258)
- 1,042 spots since 2015 (#1,216 → #2,258)
- Biggest jump: 567 spots in 1968 (#1,411 → #844)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 2014 (#849 → #1,110)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1977 at #352 (496 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1970–2013
- Highest: 1 in 3,313 boys born in 1977 were named Damion (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,550 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 29.8% of all boys named Damion (5,040) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,993 (1957) | #3,993 |
| 1960s | 253 | #844 (1968) | #2,124 |
| 1970s | 3,162 | #352 (1977) | #480 |
| 1980s | 1,897 | #543 (1980) | #654 |
| 1990s | 3,974 | #435 (1998) | #520 |
| 2000s | 5,040 | #432 (2002) | #505 |
| 2010s | 2,005 | #695 (2010) | #1,059 |
| 2020s | 552 | #1,386 (2020) | #1,821 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Damion in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 5,048 of them was named Damion, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.