NameTides

Damien

Damien was the #352 boys' name in the US in 2025 (935 babies), and #745 in England & Wales and #303 in Canada.

Damien as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Damien 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Damien 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#352 (935)#745 (46)#441 (7)—#468 (7)#303 (110)—
2024#343 (1,005)#747 (46)#619 (4)—#520 (6)#271 (119)—
2023#330 (1,013)#608 (59)#400 (8)#395 (3)#362 (10)#226 (143)—
2022#305 (1,102)#656 (53)#590 (4)#414 (3)#429 (8)#224 (151)—
2021#280 (1,235)#682 (52)#720 (3)—#552 (5)#221 (157)—
2020#277 (1,216)#739 (44)#711 (3)—#459 (7)#197 (177)—
2019#282 (1,246)#589 (63)#609 (4)#418 (3)#466 (7)#190 (200)—
2018#264 (1,362)#731 (46)#472 (6)—#401 (9)#167 (226)—
2017#266 (1,355)#684 (51)#490 (6)—#317 (13)#158 (243)—
2016#278 (1,305)#698 (49)#486 (6)#320 (5)#412 (8)#157 (243)—
2015#254 (1,426)#538 (71)#337 (10)—#355 (11)#142 (272)—
2014#249 (1,509)#513 (75)#302 (13)#315 (5)#364 (11)#132 (303)—
2013#226 (1,619)#538 (68)#466 (6)#398 (3)#422 (8)#135 (287)—
2012#218 (1,667)#434 (91)#467 (6)#403 (3)#401 (9)#132 (300)—
2011#198 (1,835)#458 (82)#421 (7)#375 (3)#256 (20)#114 (350)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #182.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Damien is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,800 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Damien by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #351WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #472NYMassachusetts: #438MAOregon: #230ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #452INOhio: #357OHPennsylvania: #363PANew Jersey: #363NJConnecticut: #281CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #240CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #366CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #234AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #315NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #341TXFlorida: #348FL
Damien (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
Quebec2025#14645
Ontario2024#31043

Damien (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
DamienCanadaBoys#303110
DamienEngland & WalesBoys#74546
DamienIrelandBoys#4687
DamienNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DamienNSWBoys—too few
DamienScotlandBoys#4417
DamienUSGirls—too few
DamienUSBoys#352935