How rare is the name Damien?

49,449 people in the United States have the first name Damien, about 1 in 6,108. It ranks #912 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DAMIEN

#912

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
49,449
About
1 in 6,108
This common or more
68.7%
Who bears it

Of the 49,449 people named Damien, 42.6% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 20.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Damien peaked in 2007, when 2,265 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19362025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
2,265
In 2025*
935 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 65,018 babies have been given the name since 1936. 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.

Damien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #390. The largest share of babies named Damien, 41.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#9,91512
1940s#5,46086
1950s#3,997195
1960s#2,600504
1970s#6486,526
1980s#5758,254
1990s#6129,102
2000s#39018,567
2010s#46815,266
2020s#6196,506
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–8012.6%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1241.5%
2013 and later25.1%

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 Damien is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Damien has been most common in Hawaii (2.8×), Nevada (2.7×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in South Dakota (0.27×).

62,848 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 Damien

#910 Valentina · 49,540#911 Alec · 49,538#913 Alfonso · 49,412#914 Wilma · 49,398

Spelled almost the same

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

#672 Damian · 78,536#2,005 Damion · 13,674#7,621 Damen · 1,987#15,445 Damin · 745#27,859 Daymien · 326#39,013 Damieon · 195#45,502 Damyen · 149#46,195 Danien · 145

Also a last name

As a last name, Damien ranks #51,004 of 156,621, with 442 people. See Damien as a last name

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