Damon

What Damon means

Means “to tame, subdue”

From Ancient Greek Δάμων (Dámōn), a name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame, subdue”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Damon” (revision 94538647), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Damon?

US: Falling: down from #427 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #977 in 2015, #953 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1976, when 2,453 boys got the name (#104 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,828 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,498 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 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 NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.97 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Damon is #501 in the US and #953 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 Damon were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Daemon102 US · 5 E&W
• Daymon19 US
• Tymon0 US · 19 E&W
• Daimon18 US
• Damen15 US
• Tamen9 US
• Dmoni7 US
• Timon5 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.

If you like Damon

Boys

• Alec#977Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Peter#187“stone, rock”^*
• Philip#527“fond of horses”^*
• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Stephen#383“crown, wreath”^*

For a sister

• Margaret#112“pearl”^*
• Alexandria#474Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #212 in 2015, #474 in 2025
• Veronica#427Form of Berenice, meaning “bringer of victory”^*
• Teresa#908Editor’s note Down from #664 in 2015 to #908 in 2025 in the US
• Cassandra#630Editor’s note Down from #512 in 2015 to #630 in 2025 in the US
• Irene#651“peace”^*

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 Damon’s. Rank is US 2025.