Damian

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Damian: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Damian: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #46 in 1969, and it stood at #223 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
188times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#46highest recorded position
23groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Damian's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 115 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#300
1997	#331
1998	#393
1999	#426
2000	#472
2001	#396
2002	#303
2003	#360
2004	#394
2005	#374
2006	#389
2007	#336
2008	#302
2009	#357
2010	#314
2011	#336
2012	#299
2013	#306
2014	#345
2015	#298
2016	#339
2017	#330
2018	#277
2019	#286
2020	#273
2021	#284
2022	#261
2023	#253
2024	#271

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #223 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #339 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #73 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #46 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #339 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Damian appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 3,444 births with the name.

Damian across 6 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Damian's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#73 (1964)	#46 (1969)	#223 (2025)	62 of 62	3,444 (1964–2025)	168 (1973)
Norway · Boys	#535 (1968)	#149 (1985)	#339 (2025)	52 of 58	928 (1968–2025)	49 (1986)
England and Wales · Boys	#300 (1996)	#253 (2023)	#271 (2024)	29 of 29	3,486 (1996–2024)	186 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#160 (1997)	#160 (1997)	#304 (2020)	18 of 24	98 (1997–2020)	10 (1997)
New Zealand · Boys	#89 (1972)	#58 (1982)	#87 (1985)	13 of 14	1,084 (1972–1985)	103 (1977)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#88 (1969)	#64 (1974)	#97 (1981)	13 of 13	1,385 (1969–1981)	139 (1974)

Damian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Damian in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	564	6 of 10	94
1970sbusiest	1,413	10 of 10	141
1980s	815	10 of 10	82
1990s	230	10 of 10	23
2000s	104	10 of 10	10
2010s	191	10 of 10	19
2020s	127	6 of 10	21

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 141 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1968 and 1969, when recorded births rose by 46, from 93 to 139.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Damian appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Damian's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#271	172	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#253	186	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#261	180	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#284	164	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#273	174	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#286	168	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#277	180	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#330	146	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#339	139	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#298	156	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#345	128	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#306	144	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#299	152	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#336	129	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#314	141	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#357	109	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#302	136	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#336	110	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#389	88	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#374	84	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#394	71	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#360	76	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#303	90	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#396	58	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#426	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#393	56	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#331	73	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#300	83	High	Verified
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	male	#69	125	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	130	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	male	#64	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	128	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New Zealand	male	#87	57	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#68	74	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#58	83	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	male	#61	79	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	male	#59	91	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	male	#77	71	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	male	#66	84	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#61	103	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#63	97	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#66	95	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#80	84	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	male	#81	85	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	male	#89	81	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#283	6	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#267	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#160	10	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#339	10	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#359	9	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#411	6	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#391	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#364	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#399	7	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#417	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#497	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#298	15	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#453	6	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#340	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#380	9	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#348	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#351	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#418	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#486	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#326	11	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#369	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#335	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#392	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#400	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#283	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#287	15	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#209	26	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#207	27	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#237	23	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#240	24	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#157	43	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#180	37	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#184	35	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#161	42	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#171	40	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#159	45	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#151	49	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#149	47	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#178	37	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#177	38	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#213	28	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#201	28	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#204	30	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#222	25	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#357	12	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#412	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#418	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#398	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#460	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#535	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	21	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	20	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	19	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	27	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	23	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	23	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	23	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	22	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#284	16	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	29	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	6	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	17	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#147	23	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	23	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	31	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	33	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#119	39	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#120	36	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	43	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	42	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	48	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#86	70	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#85	75	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#77	84	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	84	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#78	100	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	133	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#66	136	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	117	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	136	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#63	146	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	153	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	157	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#59	154	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	168	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	126	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#60	130	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#57	126	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#46	139	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#65	93	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#52	116	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#68	74	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#61	86	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	56	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 7 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #46, first reached in 1969.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 23 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 186 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1968, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Damari · #1673, 22y
Damaris · #716, 26y
Damien · #34, 62y
Damilola · #500, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Vincent · #42, 66y
Dominic · #51, 62y
Louis · #38, 67y
Sam · #38, 59y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Donnacha · #46, 61y
Fergal · #46, 57y
Mairead · #46, 61y
Alva · #47, 47y

Damian was ranked #46 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Damian and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Damian without appearing here.

Damian moved ahead of

Jakob Compare
In 2002 they stood at #347 and #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #275 and #500.
Gary Compare
In 2004 they stood at #394 and #394 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #374 and #574.
Roman Compare
In 2015 they stood at #453 and #441 in Norway · Boys; by 2016 that had become #298 and #468.
Odd Compare
In 2022 they stood at #411 and #349 in Norway · Boys; by 2023 that had become #359 and #524.

Moved ahead of Damian

Hayden Compare
In 2007 they stood at #255 and #276 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #378 and #132.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #331 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #393 and #182.
Tyler Compare
In 1999 they stood at #203 and #214 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2000 that had become #390 and #183.
Jesse Compare
In 2015 they stood at #271 and #303 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2016 that had become #320 and #143.

Moved the opposite way to Damian

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 while Conor went from #56 to #16.

Moved the same way as Damian

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Bruce Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 and Bruce from #204 to #676.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Derek Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damian went from #73 to #223 and Derek from #30 to #432.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 7 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #46 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Damian

Damian at a glance

What stands out in Damian's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Damian across 6 official records

Damian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Damian appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Damian

Damian and the names beside it

Damian moved ahead of

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Moved the same way as Damian

Damian at a glance

What stands out in Damian's record

Damian across 6 official records

Damian by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Damian appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Damian

Damian and the names beside it

Damian moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Damian

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