Damien
- Pronunciation
- [Da-mien]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Untamed
- Origin
- French
Damien Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 261 baby girls have been named Damien. The name peaked in 1979 with 22 US births that year (rank #3563).
Top States for Damien
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Damien births are: Kentucky (6).
Other French-Origin Names Like Damien
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6-Letter Names Starting with D
Names with Damien's exact length and starting letter: Dacian, Daegal, Daegan, Daelan, Daelyn.
Quick Facts About Damien
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Damien by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 2,265 boys named Damien (boy rank #182 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #352 for boys (935 US births). That's 170 places below its 2007 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Damien Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Damien the strongest states are Alaska, Rhode Island, Hawaii.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | #150 | 35 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | #166 | 21 |
| 3 | Hawaii | #200 | 39 |
| 4 | New Hampshire | #204 | 30 |
| 5 | Nevada | #204 | 157 |
| 6 | California | #206 | 1,940 |
| 7 | Maine | #224 | 23 |
| 8 | Arizona | #236 | 323 |
| 9 | North Dakota | #242 | 16 |
| 10 | West Virginia | #251 | 67 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Damien in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Damien
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Damien.
- Damien Hirst is an English artist and entrepreneur who is most famous for his artworks of displays of dead animals and medicine cabinet sculptures.
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Compare Damien to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Damien against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).