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Damon
Pronounced /ˈdeɪmən/
Rank in 2024
#455
Born in 2024
686
Peak year
1976 · #104
Origin
Albanian, Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 686 boys were named Damon, about 1 in every 2,500.
- It peaked in 1976 with 2,453 babies, ranked #104.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 68,226 boys have been named Damon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Damon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 1.0Gen X1965–80
- 0.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.4Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 896 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 1,191 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 5,300 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen X: 26,300 babies, 0.97 per 1,000. Millennials: 12,006 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen Z: 13,822 babies, 0.44 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,644 babies, 0.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Δάμων (Dámōn), a name famous for the story of Damon and Pythias; derivative of δαμάζω (damázō, “to tame, subdue”).
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- A male given name from Albanian.
- Origin
- Albanian, Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdeɪmən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Damon, CC BY-SA 4.0.