Fun Facts About the Name Damond
- More than 2 thousand babies named Damond: U.S. records list 2,148 babies given the name Damond from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Damond - about 1 girl for every 429 boys.
What Does the Name Damond Mean?
Damond is a rare spelling of the Greek name Damon, whose meaning is usually given as "to tame" or "to subdue." The Greek name Δάμων (Damōn) is formed from the verb δαμάζω (damazō), meaning "to tame, overpower, subdue," so the name's literal sense is "tamer" or "subduer." The final -d in Damond has no Greek source. It follows English spelling habits and probably arose either by analogy with familiar names ending in that sound or through the separate family name Damond, which is found in English and French records.
Damond Name History & Origins
The root name Damon is ancient Greek. A Pythagorean philosopher named Damon of Athens worked as a music theorist and was associated with Pericles in the fifth century BC. Greek tradition also preserved the story of Damon and Pythias (Phintias), in which Damon pledges his own life as surety for his condemned friend; the tale was repeated by Cicero and other classical authors and later became a popular subject for European plays and essays.
The name passed from Greek Δάμων into Latin as Damōn and then into English as Damon. In the English-speaking world it has been used as a given name for centuries, while the spelling Damond appears far less often and also survives as a surname. Because the spelling is uncommon, its own documented history apart from Damon is thin and hard to separate out. Damond is not related to Diamond, which comes from a different Greek word by way of Old French.
How Popular is the Name Damond?
Damond recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1974. Its best rank was #756 in 1974.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | #15,618 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,950 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #8,437 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #11,116 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #7,369 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,822 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #6,371 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #7,756 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #5,590 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #5,604 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #5,561 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #4,735 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #5,018 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #3,920 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2011 | #4,853 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #4,551 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,615 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #3,358 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #3,321 | 33 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #3,615 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #2,853 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2004 | #2,708 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #2,516 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #2,162 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2001 | #1,962 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 2000 | #2,060 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 1999 | #1,829 | 54 | 0.0028% |
| 1998 | #1,725 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 1997 | #1,910 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #2,024 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1995 | #2,183 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #1,737 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 1993 | #1,745 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #1,851 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 1991 | #1,955 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 1990 | #1,758 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 1989 | #3,006 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #2,703 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1987 | #2,411 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1986 | #2,371 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #2,521 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #2,986 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #2,029 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1982 | #2,529 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1981 | #1,821 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1980 | #1,864 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1979 | #1,358 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1978 | #1,043 | 70 | 0.0043% |
| 1977 | #965 | 79 | 0.0048% |
| 1976 | #948 | 77 | 0.0049% |
| 1975 | #907 | 82 | 0.0053% |
| 1974 | #756 | 115 | 0.0073% |
| 1973 | #767 | 108 | 0.0069% |
| 1972 | #931 | 74 | 0.0046% |
| 1971 | #1,792 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1970 | #1,753 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1969 | #1,995 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1967 | #2,164 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1966 | #2,062 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1965 | #2,648 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,330 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1963 | #2,328 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #3,373 | 7 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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