Dameon
Masculine · “to tame”
Dameon is a spelling of Damian, and the Greek behind it is a verb about taming — which is the same root that gives the word for a wife's subdual in older Greek and, at a distance, the English tame.
How old is the name Dameon?
Dameon first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Dameon alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 4,100 people named Dameon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dameon most popular?
Dameon peaked in 1977, reaching #619 nationally. Today it ranks #4050, 3,431 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From damazein to Dameon
The story of Dameon
Damian and Cosmas were physician brothers martyred in the fourth century who treated patients without charge, and they are patrons of doctors across the Christian world. Separately, Damon is the friend in the Greek story of Damon and Pythias who stands surety for a condemned man. Dameon is an American respelling that blends the look of both, and it appears in the records from the 1970s.
Meaning
to tame, to subdue
From Greek damazein, to tame or master; the name Damianos is built on it. Damon is a related name from the same root and the two have been confused for centuries.
How the name formed
- damazein
- Damianos
- Damian
- Dameon
Related forms: Damian · Damianos · Damián
Pronouncing Dameon
DAY-mee-un
Three syllables, first stressed. Some families say dah-MEE-on.
Nicknames for Dameon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most boys named
- 1978149 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #619reached in 1977
- Change vs 2024
- +136.4%26 in 2025, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dameon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Damian in English — spelling variant
- Damianos in Greek — same name
- Damián in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Dameons among us
people named Dameon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 65,695 born in 2025 was named Dameon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hayward test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dameon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hayward climbed just as high around 1903, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hayward's path sketches the road Dameon is walking now.
Dameon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Dameon is headed
Dameon is easing off slowly — about 23% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Dameon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dameon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Greek meaning with two documented and rather admirable bearers.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Six letters and three syllables, manageable to write.
- Damian and Damien are both more common and will be written for him.
- A 1976 horror film gave the name an association it has not entirely lost.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dameons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,100 people named Dameon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dameon in 2025?
- Dameon ranks #4050 among US boy names in 2025, with 26 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dameon?
- About 1 in every 65,695 US boys born in 2025 was named Dameon — 26 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dameon with classmates?
- Dameon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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