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How popular is the name Damian?
Births per year, rank history and how many Damians are alive today.
Damian (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 279th in 2025 with 161 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1974, when around 1,100 babies were given the name, the 64th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 17,000 babies have been named Damian in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Damian is one spelling of a name also recorded as Damien and Damion; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Damian you are most likely to meet is around 52 years old. Half of all Damians born in England and Wales are between 33 and 53, and there are at least 26,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 8.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Damian.
How many babies are named Damian each year?
Includes all spellings: Damian, Damien, Damion. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Damian spelling rank?
Where does the Damien spelling rank?
Where does the Damion spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Damian most popular?
Damian peaked in 1974, when around 1,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Damian?
At least 26,000 people named Damian in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Damian?
Most living Damians are between 33 and 53; the most common age is about 52.
Is Damian becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1974 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.