# Damien (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/damien/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Damion |
| US babies named this | 65,018 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64,757 / 261 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,281, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 10 | 6,560 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,334 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,243 |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,932 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9,540 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,021 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,834 |
| 1999 | 10 | 8,941 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,934 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,017 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,354 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,406 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,583 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,197 |
| 2013 | 5 | 17,182 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,835 | 198 |
| 2012 | 1,667 | 218 |
| 2013 | 1,619 | 226 |
| 2014 | 1,509 | 249 |
| 2015 | 1,426 | 254 |
| 2016 | 1,305 | 278 |
| 2017 | 1,355 | 266 |
| 2018 | 1,362 | 264 |
| 2019 | 1,246 | 282 |
| 2020 | 1,216 | 277 |
| 2021 | 1,235 | 280 |
| 2022 | 1,102 | 305 |
| 2023 | 1,013 | 330 |
| 2024 | 1,005 | 343 |
| 2025 | 935 | 352 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 458 |
| 2012 | 91 | 434 |
| 2013 | 68 | 538 |
| 2014 | 75 | 513 |
| 2015 | 71 | 538 |
| 2016 | 49 | 698 |
| 2017 | 51 | 684 |
| 2018 | 46 | 731 |
| 2019 | 63 | 589 |
| 2020 | 44 | 739 |
| 2021 | 52 | 682 |
| 2022 | 53 | 656 |
| 2023 | 59 | 608 |
| 2024 | 46 | 747 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Damien

- Damien Chazelle, French-American filmmaker
- Damien Hirst, English sculptor and installation artist
- Damien Perquis, French and Polish association football player
- Damien Plessis, French footballer (born 1988)
- Damien Le Tallec, French association football player (born 1990)
- Damien Howson, Australian road bicycle racer
- Damien Touya, fencer
- Damien Da Silva, French footballer
- Damien Leone, American film director and producer
- Damien Bonnard, French actor
- Damien Inglis, French basketball player (born 1995)
- Damien Gregorini, French footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.