Boys' name · since 1880
Damon
68,841 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.
- #412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68,841
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
68,841 babies have been named Damon since 1880, making it today's #501 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damon has been recorded 68,841 times among boys since 1880, currently ranked #501 nationally and more common than 96% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #501 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 68,841 born since 1880
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damon ranks #412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #501 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 68,841 born since 1880, peaking in the 1970s.
- #412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #501 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 68,841
- born since 1880
- 1970s
- peak decade
Damon's 68,841 recorded births place it above 99.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Damon compares
68,841 Top 3% higher than 97% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Damon's all-time total is 187x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68,841 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,453 | 34 | 22,252 |
Damon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Damon's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 93% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 7%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 2,453, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Damon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1976)
- 2,453
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Damon popularity over time - girls
316 total births recorded since 1951 (Damon as girls' name)
Damon by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (20,052 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Damon's strongest decade.
20,052 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Damon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 11
1880s
11 births
- 1890s 45
1890s
45 births
- 1900s 87
1900s
87 births
- 1910s 336
1910s
336 births
- 1920s 601
1920s
601 births
- 1930s 631
1930s
631 births
- 1940s 923
1940s
923 births
- 1950s 2,051
1950s
2,051 births
- 1960s
1960s
8,122 births
- 1970s
1970s
20,052 births
- 1980s 6,328
1980s
6,328 births
- 1990s
1990s
9,632 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,692 births
- 2010s 7,129
2010s
7,129 births
- 2020s 4,201
2020s
4,201 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 20,052 births (29% of all-time use).
How Damon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Damon's total volume
Damon by state
Where Damon concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7,407 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5,146 | 7.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,157 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 3,591 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 3,458 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 3,088 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 2,704 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 2,421 | 3.5% |
7,407 of 68,841 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Damon appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Damon's data
- Damon's decade-level peak was the 1970s (20,052 total births); usage has since declined to 4,201 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Damons (7,407 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Damon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Damon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.