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Daemon

Boy · DAY-mon · Greek

Daemon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “spirit, divine power”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,644th for boys in the US (102 babies).

What does Daemon mean?

Greek: from Greek daimon; also a spelling of Damon

“spirit, divine power”

From Greek daimon, 'spirit'; Daemon Targaryen is a prince in George R. R. Martin's Fire and Blood and House of the Dragon.

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DAY-mon

Is Daemon a girl's or a boy's name?

Daemon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 102 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Daemon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 450% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Daemon, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.

In 2025, 41 boys in the UK were given Daemon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #766, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 9 in 20242025
Daemon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20249#2,515
20238#2,691
20226#3,219
20210–
20200–
20194#4,126
20180–
20171#6,312
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20121#6,332
20110–
20103#4,865
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19973#2,979

How popular is Daemon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,644among boys
Babies in 2025
102about 1 in 17,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 150% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 102 boys in the US were named Daemon, making it the 1,644th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 158 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.

Half of all the boys named Daemon in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 758 boys in the US were given Daemon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #426, up from #1,644 for this spelling alone.

1970Busiest: 158 in 20232025
Daemon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025102#1,644
2024135#1,387
2023158#1,238
202281#1,916
202152#2,522
202039#2,979
201963#2,212
201856#2,354
201744#2,754
201638#3,058
201551#2,456
201448#2,540
201351#2,423
201258#2,237
201146#2,625
201053#2,374
200942#2,846
200854#2,373
200746#2,643
200646#2,577
200560#2,057
200452#2,204
200347#2,265
200251#2,088
200140#2,425
200049#2,045
199936#2,459
199826#3,014
199726#2,899
199624#3,016
199513#4,502
199416#3,905
199314#4,220
199214#4,106
199110#5,088
19900–
19897#6,222
19880–
19870–
19860–
19855#6,517
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19808#4,493
19795#6,054
197810#3,613
197712#3,201
197611#3,262
197513#2,900
197413#2,797
19730–
19727#3,960
19718#3,656
19709#3,280

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