first name
DAMON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 50,023 people named Damon, 54.3% reported their origin as White, 29.4% as Black and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Damon peaked in 1976, when 2,478 babies got the name.
At least 69,157 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Damon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #286. The largest share of babies named Damon, 38.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Damon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Damon has been most common in District of Columbia (1.8×), Indiana (1.7×), and Louisiana (1.7×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.3×).
64,791 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 Damon
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Damon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Damon ranks #4,905 of 156,621, with 6,971 people. See Damon as a last name
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