Damon — #454 US boys' name
68,226 babies named Damon in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Damon was born in this single decade.
2,453 babies were named Damon in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Damon
The Social Security Administration has registered 68,226 babies named Damon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Damon currently holds the #454 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 2,453 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Damon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20,051 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Damon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,354 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Damon in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Damon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 68,226 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Damon at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Damon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1976)
- 2,453
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #454 among boys.
68,226 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 2,453 births in a single year.
Damon popularity over time — girls
316 total births recorded since 1951 (Damon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Damon accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Damon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20,051 births that decade — 29% of Damon's all-time total
Damon decade highlights
- Peak decade 20,051 births
- Runner-up 9,632 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Damon's strongest decade
20,051 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Damon by state
Where Damon concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7,354 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5,067 | 7.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,130 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,568 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 3,443 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 3,065 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 2,689 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 2,371 | 3.5% |
7,354 of 68,226 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.8% of nationwide
- Texas 7.4% of nationwide
- New York 6.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.2% of nationwide
- Michigan 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Damon appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.