NameTides

Damian

Damian was the #109 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,213 babies), and #279 in England & Wales and #251 in Canada.

Damian as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Damian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Damian as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#109 (3,213)#279 (161)#441 (7)—#223 (21)#251 (133)—
2024#110 (3,245)#271 (172)#432 (7)—#222 (20)#211 (158)—
2023#108 (3,293)#253 (186)#366 (9)—#235 (19)#203 (161)—
2022#108 (3,466)#261 (180)#522 (5)—#276 (17)#240 (137)—
2021#113 (3,299)#284 (164)#328 (11)—#193 (27)#242 (145)—
2020#110 (3,339)#273 (174)#390 (8)#304 (5)#211 (23)#214 (163)—
2019#112 (3,452)#286 (168)#355 (9)#312 (5)#244 (19)#217 (170)—
2018#109 (3,553)#277 (180)#344 (10)#283 (6)#257 (19)#229 (160)—
2017#119 (3,344)#330 (146)#281 (15)#415 (3)#257 (19)#242 (153)—
2016#123 (3,346)#339 (139)#331 (11)#320 (5)#229 (23)#261 (137)—
2015#116 (3,491)#298 (156)#295 (13)—#274 (17)#222 (167)—
2014#102 (3,882)#345 (128)#336 (11)—#237 (23)#245 (147)—
2013#98 (3,976)#306 (144)#316 (12)#271 (6)#338 (12)#203 (179)—
2012#99 (3,860)#299 (152)#252 (17)—#243 (22)#217 (162)—
2011#138 (3,014)#336 (129)#386 (8)#231 (8)#245 (21)#223 (150)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2013 at #98.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1912.

How common is it?

about 1 in 530 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 530common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Damian is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 530 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 510 to 1 in 560.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Damian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #176WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #114WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #162MNIllinois: #90ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #146NYMassachusetts: #215MAOregon: #75ORNevada: #41NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #380OHPennsylvania: #304PANew Jersey: #135NJConnecticut: #173CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #39CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #98CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #245MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #199VAMaryland: #200MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #69AZNew Mexico: #88NMKansas: #134KSArkansas: #141ARTennessee: #180TNNorth Carolina: #141NCSouth Carolina: #207SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #136OKLouisiana: #278LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #223ALGeorgia: #138GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #50TXFlorida: #122FL
Damian (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#15686
Quebec2025#28417

Damian (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DamianCanadaBoys#251133
DamianEngland & WalesBoys#279161
DamianIrelandBoys#22321
DamianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DamianNSWBoys—too few
DamianScotlandBoys#4417
DamianUSGirls—too few
DamianUSBoys#1093,213