Damen
Boy · DAY-mon · Greek
Damen is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Damen mean?
Greek: spelling of Damon; Greek name, probably from damazo, to tame
“to tame”
In Greek legend Damon and Pythias were friends whose loyalty to each other became proverbial.
- Say it
- DAY-mon
Meaning borrowed from Damon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Damen a girl's or a boy's name?
Damen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Damen, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 74 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Damen in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 758 boys in the US were given Damen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #426, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Damen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 40 | #2,883 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 50 | #2,487 |
| 2011 | 52 | #2,402 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 52 | #2,442 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,036 |
| 2005 | 65 | #1,939 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 74 | #1,670 |
| 2002 | 59 | #1,884 |
| 2001 | 58 | #1,889 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,844 |
| 1999 | 62 | #1,689 |
| 1998 | 52 | #1,868 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 51 | #1,694 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,353 |
| 1990 | 62 | #1,415 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 32 | #1,763 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,449 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,193 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,040 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,312 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,114 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 29 | #1,612 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 13 | #2,310 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
Names like Damen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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