Damien

girls:

261 births since 1970

#5455 (5th percentile)

boys:

62.8k births since 1936

#423 (91st percentile)

overall:

63.1k births since 1936

#932 (88th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Damien is the #932 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 63,058 recorded births since 1936. This represents the 88.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #423 (90.8% percentile) for all time with 62,797 births since 1936. For girls, it ranks #5,455 (4.5% percentile) for all time with 261 births since 1970.

Damien first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1936 (1936 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Damien is available in 85 out of the 88 years between 1936 and 2023 (85 years for boys and 29 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Damien has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.

For boys, Damien reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 79.7% percentile (ranked #180) with 1,023 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 1,023 births per million (ranked 79.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Damien ranks #312 for boys (65.8% percentile) with 551 births per million, which is 53.9% of its peak share of births.

For girls, Damien reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #769) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2013.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Damien".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
261
Peak Births
22
Peak Year
1979
First Recorded
1970
Peak Percentile
2.2%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#769
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
62,797
Peak Births
2,265
Peak Year
2007
First Recorded
1936
Peak Percentile
79.7%
Current Percentile
65.8%
Peak Rank
#180
Current Rank
#312
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Damien

Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Damien. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 50.0% confident that Damien is pronounced as DAY-mee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-MEE-uhn, at 18.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.

DAY-meen (2 syllables)
6.8% confidence
D EY1 M IY0 N
DAY-myuhn (2 syllables)
4.5% confidence
D EY1 M Y AH0 N
DA-meen (2 syllables)
4.5% confidence
D AE1 M IY0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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