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01 / Meaning & origin
Damien is a masculine given name documented in English, French, Dutch and 1 other language.
Separate records with matching spellings: Damien (English, French), Damién (Danish), Damiën (Dutch)
No etymology is recorded in our sources for this spelling yet. The record exists because the name is documented in use; a meaning will be shown only once a cited source supports it.
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 935 boys (rank 352). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
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1900–2025 Spelling: DAMIEN
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 30 | 226 | rounded |
| 1901 | 25 | 246 | rounded |
| 1902 | 20 | 294 | rounded |
| 1903 | 25 | 265 | rounded |
| 1904 | 25 | 254 | rounded |
| 1905 | 30 | 252 | rounded |
| 1906 | 25 | 269 | rounded |
| 1907 | 30 | 247 | rounded |
| 1908 | 30 | 256 | rounded |
| 1909 | 25 | 281 | rounded |
| 1910 | 30 | 254 | rounded |
| 1911 | 30 | 251 | rounded |
| 1912 | 30 | 252 | rounded |
| 1913 | 40 | 234 | rounded |
| 1914 | 40 | 232 | rounded |
| 1915 | 20 | 268 | rounded |
| 1916 | 10 | 300 | rounded |
| 1917 | 20 | 240 | rounded |
| 1918 | 30 | 228 | rounded |
| 1919 | 25 | 233 | rounded |
| 1920 | 30 | 250 | rounded |
| 1921 | 30 | 250 | rounded |
| 1922 | 35 | 238 | rounded |
| 1923 | 25 | 269 | rounded |
| 1924 | 45 | 218 | rounded |
| 1925 | 45 | 229 | rounded |
| 1926 | 30 | 277 | rounded |
| 1927 | 35 | 255 | rounded |
| 1928 | 35 | 256 | rounded |
| 1929 | 30 | 267 | rounded |
| 1930 | 30 | 269 | rounded |
| 1931 | 45 | 237 | rounded |
| 1932 | 35 | 256 | rounded |
| 1933 | 30 | 255 | rounded |
| 1934 | 25 | 281 | rounded |
| 1935 | 30 | 254 | rounded |
| 1936 | 30 | 238 | rounded |
| 1937 | 35 | 237 | rounded |
| 1938 | 40 | 208 | rounded |
| 1939 | 50 | 184 | rounded |
| 1940 | 25 | 247 | rounded |
| 1941 | 35 | 215 | rounded |
| 1942 | 20 | 269 | rounded |
| 1943 | 30 | 218 | rounded |
| 1944 | 30 | 230 | rounded |
| 1945 | 30 | 232 | rounded |
| 1946 | 60 | 180 | rounded |
| 1947 | 55 | 188 | rounded |
| 1948 | 65 | 182 | rounded |
| 1949 | 55 | 198 | rounded |
| 1950 | 90 | 165 | rounded |
| 1951 | 70 | 181 | rounded |
| 1952 | 80 | 171 | rounded |
| 1953 | 125 | 149 | rounded |
| 1954 | 120 | 153 | rounded |
| 1955 | 125 | 152 | rounded |
| 1956 | 155 | 139 | rounded |
| 1957 | 145 | 147 | rounded |
| 1958 | 185 | 128 | rounded |
| 1959 | 200 | 134 | rounded |
| 1960 | 210 | 132 | rounded |
| 1961 | 275 | 117 | rounded |
| 1962 | 340 | 111 | rounded |
| 1963 | 345 | 115 | rounded |
| 1964 | 355 | 120 | rounded |
| 1965 | 445 | 109 | rounded |
| 1966 | 545 | 102 | rounded |
| 1967 | 620 | 100 | rounded |
| 1968 | 860 | 82 | rounded |
| 1969 | 925 | 79 | rounded |
| 1970 | 975 | 81 | rounded |
| 1971 | 1,120 | 75 | rounded |
| 1972 | 1,615 | 60 | rounded |
| 1973 | 1,840 | 54 | rounded |
| 1974 | 1,975 | 48 | rounded |
| 1975 | 2,270 | 42 | rounded |
| 1976 | 2,475 | 38 | rounded |
| 1977 | 2,850 | 33 | rounded |
| 1978 | 3,200 | 34 | rounded |
| 1979 | 3,560 | 28 | rounded |
| 1980 | 4,050 | 24 | rounded |
| 1981 | 4,145 | 26 | rounded |
| 1982 | 4,645 | 21 | rounded |
| 1983 | 5,785 | 12 | rounded |
| 1984 | 6,170 | 12 | rounded |
| 1985 | 6,580 | 10 | rounded |
| 1986 | 6,315 | 12 | rounded |
| 1987 | 5,500 | 15 | rounded |
| 1988 | 5,010 | 19 | rounded |
| 1989 | 4,540 | 20 | rounded |
| 1990 | 4,350 | 22 | rounded |
| 1991 | 3,920 | 22 | rounded |
| 1992 | 3,875 | 23 | rounded |
| 1993 | 3,020 | 25 | rounded |
| 1994 | 2,800 | 26 | rounded |
| 1995 | 2,735 | 29 | rounded |
| 1996 | 2,330 | 36 | rounded |
| 1997 | 2,320 | 35 | rounded |
| 1998 | 2,175 | 37 | rounded |
| 1999 | 1,880 | 44 | rounded |
| 2000 | 2,065 | 42 | rounded |
| 2001 | 1,960 | 46 | rounded |
| 2002 | 1,710 | 50 | rounded |
| 2003 | 1,355 | 65 | rounded |
| 2004 | 1,150 | 74 | rounded |
| 2005 | 975 | 86 | rounded |
| 2006 | 755 | 99 | rounded |
| 2007 | 660 | 112 | rounded |
| 2008 | 555 | 139 | rounded |
| 2009 | 520 | 149 | rounded |
| 2010 | 405 | 182 | rounded |
| 2011 | 390 | 184 | rounded |
| 2012 | 300 | 229 | rounded |
| 2013 | 300 | 228 | rounded |
| 2014 | 240 | 276 | rounded |
| 2015 | 215 | 293 | rounded |
| 2016 | 165 | 364 | rounded |
| 2017 | 145 | 391 | rounded |
| 2018 | 110 | 490 | rounded |
| 2019 | 110 | 488 | rounded |
| 2020 | 95 | 516 | rounded |
| 2021 | 65 | 687 | rounded |
| 2022 | 95 | 514 | rounded |
| 2023 | 60 | 741 | rounded |
| 2024 | 60 | 735 | rounded |
| 2025 | 45 | 881 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “DAMIEN” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Damien— “taming”
Damianos was from the verb δαμάω, identical with our own tame, which we have already seen in composition. He had a good many chivalrous namesakes, as Damiano, Damiao, Damien, and the Russians call him Demjan. The old Welsh Dyfan is another form strangely changed by pronunciation.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XVII (Kosmos and Damianos) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names (annual top 100 per gender), 1952-2025
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (via data.nsw.gov.au) · CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution; version not stated on the record) · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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