Damion
Boy · DAY-mee-on · Greek
Damion is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 2,258th for boys in the US (62 babies).
What does Damion mean?
Greek: spelling of Damian
“to tame”
A spelling of Damian; St Damian and his twin Cosmas are patron saints of doctors.
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- DAY-mee-on
Is Damion a girl's or a boy's name?
Damion is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 62 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Damion in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Damion, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Damion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 224 boys in the UK were given Damion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #246, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Damion in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 12 | #1,146 |
How popular is Damion in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,258among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 62about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 62 boys in the US were named Damion, making it the 2,258th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,386th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 579 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer boys named Damion than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Damion in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,271 boys in the US were given Damion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #2,258 for this spelling alone.
Damion in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,258 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,028 |
| 2023 | 93 | #1,754 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 126 | #1,386 |
| 2019 | 128 | #1,386 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,244 |
| 2017 | 151 | #1,213 |
| 2016 | 165 | #1,159 |
| 2015 | 151 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 172 | #1,110 |
| 2013 | 251 | #849 |
| 2012 | 216 | #942 |
| 2011 | 288 | #780 |
| 2010 | 335 | #695 |
| 2009 | 372 | #661 |
| 2008 | 418 | #601 |
| 2007 | 473 | #541 |
| 2006 | 524 | #494 |
| 2005 | 484 | #508 |
| 2004 | 550 | #464 |
| 2003 | 531 | #472 |
| 2002 | 579 | #432 |
| 2001 | 547 | #442 |
| 2000 | 562 | #433 |
| 1999 | 509 | #450 |
| 1998 | 526 | #435 |
| 1997 | 447 | #482 |
| 1996 | 440 | #486 |
| 1995 | 454 | #476 |
| 1994 | 413 | #495 |
| 1993 | 339 | #549 |
| 1992 | 309 | #578 |
| 1991 | 312 | #571 |
| 1990 | 225 | #673 |
| 1989 | 189 | #716 |
| 1988 | 159 | #750 |
| 1987 | 149 | #749 |
| 1986 | 175 | #683 |
| 1985 | 166 | #688 |
| 1984 | 205 | #591 |
| 1983 | 178 | #643 |
| 1982 | 205 | #601 |
| 1981 | 221 | #574 |
| 1980 | 250 | #543 |
| 1979 | 341 | #434 |
| 1978 | 413 | #384 |
| 1977 | 496 | #352 |
| 1976 | 456 | #358 |
| 1975 | 367 | #400 |
| 1974 | 355 | #415 |
| 1973 | 229 | #519 |
| 1972 | 235 | #514 |
| 1971 | 136 | #707 |
| 1970 | 134 | #712 |
| 1969 | 58 | #1,008 |
| 1968 | 74 | #844 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
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