How rare is the name Damian?

78,536 people in the United States have the first name Damian, about 1 in 3,846. It ranks #672 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DAMIAN

#672

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,536
About
1 in 3,846
This common or more
63.8%
Who bears it

Of the 78,536 people named Damian, 57.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.7% as White and 8.9% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Damian peaked in 2013, when 3,987 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
3,987
In 2025*
3,213 ▼19%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 110,256 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Damian by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #188. The largest share of babies named Damian, 40.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,14445
1920s#5,62691
1930s#4,106126
1940s#3,121231
1950s#2,022700
1960s#1,2841,879
1970s#5917,424
1980s#7305,763
1990s#46812,750
2000s#29026,063
2010s#19535,329
2020s#18819,855
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–808.3%
Millennials 1981–9612.1%
Generation Z 1997–1237.1%
2013 and later40.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Damian is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Damian has been most common in Nevada (3.9×), Arizona (3.2×), and New Mexico (2.7×), and least common in North Dakota (0.14×).

107,165 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Damian

#670 Jillian · 78,761#671 Karina · 78,579#673 Alejandra · 78,499#674 Gordon · 78,487

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Damian, most common first.

#912 Damien · 49,449#2,005 Damion · 13,674#11,372 Damiana · 1,131#15,445 Damin · 745#16,536 Daman · 680#17,988 Damiano · 604#21,512 Daymian · 471#24,534 Damean · 392

Also a last name

As a last name, Damian ranks #5,161 of 156,621, with 6,550 people. See Damian as a last name

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