Daymon
Boy · DAY-mun · Greek
Daymon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “to tame”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Daymon mean?
Greek: variant of Damon
“to tame”
A spelling of Damon, from the Greek legend of Damon and Pythias, a byword for loyal friendship.
- Say it
- DAY-mun
Is Daymon a girl's or a boy's name?
Daymon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daymon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Daymon, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had more boys named Daymon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Daymon in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 758 boys in the US were given Daymon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #426, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Daymon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 41 | #2,503 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 38 | #2,471 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,525 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
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