Damon
Pronounced D EY1 M AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1976
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Damon?
Damon is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 71,422 children — the 388th most common boys' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1976, when 2,509 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Daemon, Daman and Damean — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Damon and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Daemon
- Daman
- Damean
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D EY1 M AE1 N · D EY1 M AH0 N · D IY1 M AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Damon
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Damon
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Damon?
- Damon ranks 388th among boys' names in US records, with 71,422 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,849.
- Is Damon a unisex name?
- No. Damon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Damon most popular?
- 1976, when 2,509 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Damon spelled?
- Daemon, Daman, Damean. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.