Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Damon

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1976

Peak rank proxy

2,453

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen X

1880Peak 19762024

Peak year

1976

Decline from peak

72%

2024

686

All-time

68,226

Damon 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 1976, when 2,453 boys were named Damon.

In 2024, only 686 boys were given the name.

Down 72% from its peak.

All told, about 68,226 Americans have been named Damon and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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