Masculine dossier · first seen 1936

Damien

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Damien
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2007

Peak rank proxy

2,265

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1936Peak 20072024

Peak year

2007

Decline from peak

55.9%

2024

999

All-time

63,807

Damien has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2007, when 2,265 boys were named Damien.

In 2024, only 999 boys were given the name.

Down 55.9% from its peak.

All told, about 63,807 Americans have been named Damien and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1936.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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