How popular is the name Damian?

Damian ranks 209th among boys' names in US records, with 172,166 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,521.

Is Damian a unisex name?

No. Damian is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2013, when 5,662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Damien. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#209 of boy names

Pronounced D EY1 M IY0 AH0 N (ARPABET)

Damian is a boys' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 172,166 children — the 209th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2013, when 5,662 children were given it.

Damien is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2013Boys: 5,662Girls: 16

These spellings sound identical to Damian and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Damian?: Damian ranks 209th among boys' names in US records, with 172,166 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 46,521.
Is Damian a unisex name?: No. Damian is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Damian most popular?: 2013, when 5,662 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Damian spelled?: Damien. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.