Damion
Masculine · “to tame”
Damion is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 16,888 boys against 39 girls since 1880.
Damion respells Damian, and the Greek damao means to tame — the same root behind 'adamant', which means untameable.
How old is the name Damion?
Damion first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Damion alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 16,500 people named Damion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Damion most popular?
Damion peaked in 1977, reaching #352 nationally. Today it ranks #2258, 1,906 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From damao to Damion
The story of Damion
Cosmas and Damian were twin physicians martyred under Diocletian who took no fees, and are patrons of doctors. The root behind the name gives adamant and diamond alike, through a word meaning untameable. Damion is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
to tame, to subdue
From the Greek Damianos, from damao, 'to tame' or 'subdue'. The related adamas, 'untameable', gives both 'adamant' and 'diamond', the hardest substance. The Greek is documented and the family unusually good.
How the name formed
- damao
- Damianos
- Damian
- Damion
Related forms: Damian · Damián · Damien
Pronouncing Damion
DAY-mee-un
Three syllables, stress on the first. Spanish Damián stresses the last.
Nicknames for Damion
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
- 1957
- Most boys named
- 2002579 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #352reached in 1977
- Change vs 2024
- −17.3%62 in 2025, from 75
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.
Damion in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Damian in English — spelling variant
- Damián in Spanish — related form
- Damien in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Damions among us
people named Damion are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 27,550 born in 2025 was named Damion
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 Rolland test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Damion's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rolland climbed just as high around 1928, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rolland's path sketches the road Damion is walking now.
Damion 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 Damion is headed
Damion is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Damion beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Damion in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That adamant and diamond come from 'untameable' is a first-rate etymology.
- Twin physicians who took no fees are a first-rate pair of bearers.
- Dami is available as a warm short form.
- Damian and Damien are both commoner spellings.
- A horror film franchise is a strong association for some.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
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Masculine · #2258 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Damions are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 16,500 people named Damion are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Damion in 2025?
- Damion ranks #2258 among US boy names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Damion?
- About 1 in every 27,550 US boys born in 2025 was named Damion — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Damion with classmates?
- Damion will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Damion
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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