Damon

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Damon is a masculine given name. It is the English form of the Greek masculine name Δάμων Damōn, derived from δαμάζειν damazein, meaning "to overpower, tame, subdue, conquer".

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Damon first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 131 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1976 with 2,453 babies (rank #104 that year). In 2024 it was given to 686 boys (rank #454). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Damon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Damon yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

68,542
Total babies (all years)
131
Years in the data
2,453
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18806#839
18895#1,001
189211#651
18937#850
18958#809
18965#1,135
18987#905
18997#877
190011#797
19016#975
19036#1,037
190413#651
190518#550
19069#866
190713#747
190911#907
19107#1,337
19117#1,418
191231#786
191320#1,152
191429#1,060
191541#983
191661#791
191734#1,152
191846#988
191960#853
192062#866
192146#1,032
192270#801
192350#983
192460#899
192562#846
192671#771
192763#850
192868#788
192949#962
193055#896
193151#902
193265#787
193373#704
193465#764
193550#896
193670#715
193769#733
193864#764
193969#718
194064#772
194164#781
194296#653
194372#769
194476#712
194571#728
1946103#634
1947137#577
1948104#663
1949136#579
1950120#627
1951133#610
1952133#615
1953175#540
1954213#499
1955214#506
1956235#493
1957261#483
1958228#511
1959339#434
1960361#418
1961468#367
1962487#360
1963753#281
1964700#298
1965720#280
1966865#241
1967982#224
19681,330#188
19691,455#188
19701,622#174
19711,581#171
19721,926#138
19732,045#125
19742,361#110
19752,280#114
19762,453#104
19772,356#112
19781,981#132
19791,446#166
1980897#251
1981684#293
1982638#309
1983601#318
1984596#322
1985593#331
1986561#342
1987533#367
1988584#356
1989642#354
1990788#321
1991888#291
19921,005#284
19931,000#281
1994935#293
1995957#283
19961,001#279
1997986#284
19981,052#272
19991,020#285
20001,044#289
20011,038#288
20021,027#290
20031,022#298
2004992#314
20051,007#321
2006782#381
2007674#428
2008585#472
2009521#517
2010668#419
2011682#414
2012722#403
2013795#378
2014764#406
2015717#427
2016700#442
2017709#438
2018718#427
2019650#460
2020692#430
2021727#424
2022743#424
2023743#425
2024686#454