Damon

maleStatistical record

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

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

Damon: Recorded since 1974, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #88, and it stood at #582 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
55times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#88highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Damon's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#226
1997	#244
1998	#324
1999	#418
2000	#398
2001	#452
2002	#534
2003	#599
2004	#495
2005	#574
2006	#631
2007	#782
2008	#818
2009	#923
2010	#942
2011	#701
2012	#640
2013	#666
2014	#805
2015	#977
2016	#994
2017	#861
2018	#1061
2019	#825
2020	#898
2021	#907
2022	#878
2023	#942
2024	#1000

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 21 of the 48 years from 1977 to 2024.

In 2024: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland, #1000 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1974–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1974
First recorded at #90 among boys in New Zealand in 1974 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1974–1976
Highest recorded position: #88 among boys in New Zealand, in 1976 (recorded 1974–1976).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Damon appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,343 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1974.

Damon across 3 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.

Damon'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	#293 (1977)	#271 (1988)	#582 (2024)	21 of 48	76 (1977–2024)	6 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#226 (1996)	#226 (1996)	#1000 (2024)	29 of 29	1,343 (1996–2024)	136 (1996)
New Zealand · Boys	#90 (1974)	#88 (1976)	#88 (1976)	3 of 3	211 (1974–1976)	74 (1974)

Damon by decade in England and Wales · 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 Damon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	388	4 of 10	97
2000sbusiest	418	10 of 10	42
2010s	375	10 of 10	38
2020s	162	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births fell by 45, from 122 to 77.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Damon 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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1976.

Damon'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	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#994	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#977	30	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#805	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#666	50	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#640	54	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#701	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#923	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#631	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#574	46	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#495	53	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#599	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#534	39	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#398	56	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#418	53	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#324	77	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#244	122	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#226	136	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	male	#88	70	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#90	67	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	male	#90	74	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1974 and 2024, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #88, first reached in 1976.

It held a top-100 place in 3 years, 3 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 136 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1977, and 50 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.

Damir · #244, 16y
Damla · #1530, 22y
Dan · #75, 81y
Dana · #210, 51y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Hope · #88, 33y
Elle · #89, 32y
Dillon · #86, 42y
Kacper · #92, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Naoise · #88, 50y
Heath · #87, 31y
Clint · #86, 23y
Kamil · #86, 51y

Damon was ranked #88 in New Zealand · Boys in 1976. 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.

Damon 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 Damon without appearing here.

Damon moved ahead of

Phillip Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1061 and #835 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #825 and #1253.
Brendan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1061 and #958 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #825 and #1217.
Gary Compare
In 2010 they stood at #942 and #897 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #701 and #1024.
Calum Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1061 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #825 and #1083.

Moved ahead of Damon

Jonas Compare
In 2006 they stood at #631 and #663 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #782 and #476.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #861 and #943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1061 and #786.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #923 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #942 and #668.
Cooper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #631 and #677 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #782 and #509.

Moved the opposite way to Damon

Adam Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 while Adam went from #138 to #25.
Alexander Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 while Alexander went from #153 to #44.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 while Benjamin went from #166 to #74.
Cian Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 while Cian went from #112 to #33.

Moved the same way as Damon

Adrian Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 and Adrian from #49 to #200.
Denis Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 and Denis from #54 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 and Edward from #35 to #144.
Francis Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Damon went from #293 to #582 and Francis from #45 to #267.

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 5 regions, from 1974 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #88 in New Zealand in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Damon

Damon at a glance

What stands out in Damon's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Damon across 3 official records

Damon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Damon 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 1970s

Names published alongside Damon

Damon and the names beside it

Damon moved ahead of

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Damon at a glance

What stands out in Damon's record

Damon across 3 official records

Damon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Damon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Damon

Damon and the names beside it

Damon moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Damon

Moved the opposite way to Damon

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