# Damion (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/damion/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,927 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,888 / 39 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 214, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 8,697 |
| 1974 | 7 | 7,036 |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,376 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,459 |
| 1977 | 10 | 5,971 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,741 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 781 |
| 2012 | 216 | 942 |
| 2013 | 251 | 851 |
| 2014 | 172 | 1,110 |
| 2015 | 151 | 1,218 |
| 2016 | 165 | 1,160 |
| 2017 | 151 | 1,215 |
| 2018 | 148 | 1,245 |
| 2019 | 128 | 1,388 |
| 2020 | 126 | 1,386 |
| 2021 | 121 | 1,481 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,025 |
| 2023 | 93 | 1,757 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2,035 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,265 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 10 | 1,981 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## People named Damion

- Damion James, American basketball player (born 1987)
- Damion Lee, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Damion Downs, American soccer player
- Damion Scott, American illustrator and writer

## 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.