Dameon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-mee-on
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Dameon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Dameon mean?
Greek: spelling of Damian
“to tame”
A spelling of Damian, from the Greek name Damianos.
Is Dameon a girl's or a boy's name?
Dameon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dameon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Dameon, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 184 boys. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had more boys named Dameon than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Dameon in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,271 boys in the US were given Dameon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Dameon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,002 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 95 | #1,639 |
| 2009 | 114 | #1,459 |
| 2008 | 131 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,332 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,402 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,410 |
| 2004 | 136 | #1,151 |
| 2003 | 143 | #1,081 |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,265 |
| 2001 | 115 | #1,183 |
| 2000 | 108 | #1,232 |
| 1999 | 85 | #1,380 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,453 |
| 1996 | 74 | #1,411 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,333 |
| 1994 | 62 | #1,511 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 65 | #1,412 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,346 |
| 1990 | 77 | #1,254 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,313 |
| 1988 | 68 | #1,236 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,314 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,132 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,122 |
| 1983 | 70 | #1,059 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,072 |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,084 |
| 1980 | 92 | #927 |
| 1979 | 128 | #765 |
| 1978 | 149 | #686 |
| 1977 | 184 | #619 |
| 1976 | 135 | #721 |
| 1975 | 117 | #765 |
| 1974 | 93 | #834 |
| 1973 | 81 | #885 |
| 1972 | 74 | #929 |
| 1971 | 28 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | 38 | #1,350 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
Names like Dameon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dorian, Dylan, Cristian, Donovan, Christian, Orion, Devin, Esteban, Damon, Jason, Colin, Cameron
Other spellings of Dameon
Damian, Damien, Damion, Daymian, Daymien, Daemian, Damein, Dameion
Names related to Dameon
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dameon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dameon, updated 20 October 2026.