Damien
#429 most common boys' name of all time · #941 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1936–2025
Rank among boys
#429
Rank overall
#941 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
87 of 146
All-time
65,018
Since 2016
11,774
Peak year
2007 #182
Best rank
#161 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 2,265/yr
Damien first appears in 1936. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 935 | 935 | #352 |
| 2024 | — | 1,005 | 1,005 | #343 |
| 2023 | — | 1,013 | 1,013 | #330 |
| 2022 | — | 1,102 | 1,102 | #305 |
| 2021 | — | 1,235 | 1,235 | #280 |
| 2020 | — | 1,216 | 1,216 | #277 |
| 2019 | — | 1,246 | 1,246 | #282 |
| 2018 | — | 1,362 | 1,362 | #264 |
| 2017 | — | 1,355 | 1,355 | #266 |
| 2016 | — | 1,305 | 1,305 | #278 |
| 2015 | — | 1,426 | 1,426 | #254 |
| 2014 | — | 1,509 | 1,509 | #249 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1,619 | 1,624 | #226 |
| 2012 | — | 1,667 | 1,667 | #218 |
| 2011 | — | 1,835 | 1,835 | #198 |
| 2010 | — | 1,937 | 1,937 | #192 |
| 2009 | — | 2,014 | 2,014 | #188 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,111 | 2,118 | #189 |
| 2007 | — | 2,265 | 2,265 | #182 |
| 2006 | 6 | 1,993 | 1,999 | #195 |
| 2005 | — | 1,939 | 1,939 | #200 |
| 2004 | 11 | 1,957 | 1,968 | #196 |
| 2003 | 5 | 1,890 | 1,895 | #197 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1,652 | 1,658 | #212 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1,402 | 1,408 | #241 |
| 2000 | — | 1,303 | 1,303 | #258 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,119 | 1,129 | #268 |
| 1998 | 6 | 950 | 956 | #301 |
| 1997 | — | 907 | 907 | #301 |
| 1996 | 5 | 840 | 845 | #314 |
| 1995 | — | 954 | 954 | #285 |
| 1994 | — | 976 | 976 | #280 |
| 1993 | — | 904 | 904 | #304 |
| 1992 | — | 865 | 865 | #308 |
| 1991 | 8 | 812 | 820 | #316 |
| 1990 | — | 746 | 746 | #332 |
| 1989 | 8 | 774 | 782 | #310 |
| 1988 | 10 | 658 | 668 | #327 |
| 1987 | — | 580 | 580 | #344 |
| 1986 | 5 | 645 | 650 | #314 |
| 1985 | 10 | 687 | 697 | #297 |
| 1984 | 10 | 708 | 718 | #288 |
| 1983 | 7 | 790 | 797 | #262 |
| 1982 | 12 | 951 | 963 | #242 |
| 1981 | 11 | 1,037 | 1,048 | #228 |
| 1980 | 13 | 1,338 | 1,351 | #182 |
| 1979 | 22 | 1,321 | 1,343 | #183 |
| 1978 | 14 | 1,507 | 1,521 | #161 |
| 1977 | 13 | 833 | 846 | #246 |
| 1976 | 12 | 663 | 675 | #285 |
| 1975 | 10 | 542 | 552 | #326 |
| 1974 | 12 | 659 | 671 | #284 |
| 1973 | — | 355 | 355 | #417 |
| 1972 | 6 | 274 | 280 | #473 |
| 1971 | 6 | 148 | 154 | #682 |
| 1970 | 5 | 124 | 129 | #741 |
| 1969 | — | 93 | 93 | #802 |
| 1968 | — | 85 | 85 | #808 |
| 1967 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,029 |
| 1966 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,298 |
| 1965 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,159 |
| 1964 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,335 |
| 1962 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,213 |
| 1961 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,316 |
| 1959 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,520 |
| 1958 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,394 |
| 1957 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,158 |
| 1955 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1954 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,036 |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,379 |
| 1952 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,696 |
| 1951 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1950 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,019 |
| 1948 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,436 |
| 1947 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1946 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,156 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,745 |
| 1943 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,958 |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,202 |
| 1941 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,654 |
| 1940 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,079 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,526 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,544 |