Damien

What Damien means

Form of Damian, meaning “to tame”

equivalent of Damian || From the Ancient Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianós) which was derived from δαμάω (damáō, “to tame”) (see δαμάζω (damázō)).

Source: Wiktionary, “Damien” (revision 91789616) and “Damian” (revision 93879365), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Damien?

US: Falling: down from #254 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #538 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 2,265 boys got the name (#182 that year). First in the US records in 1936.

How common

• About 1 in 1,827 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,912 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), HI (2.4 per 1,000 boys), OR (1.2 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Damien is #352 in the US and #745 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Damien were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Damian3,213 US · 161 E&W
• Demian54 US · 15 E&W
• Damion62 US · 3 E&W
• Dameon26 US
• Daymian14 US
• Daymien6 US
• Daemian5 US
• Dameion5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Damion

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Damien

Boys

• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Zander#396Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Xander#259Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*
• Dorian#539“of Doris”^*

For a sister

• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Arianna#234Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #56 in 2015, #234 in 2025
• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025
• Angelina#347“a female resident of Los Angeles”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lexi#628Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #308 in 2015, #628 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Damien’s. Rank is US 2025.