Fun Facts About the Name Daymon
- More than 1 thousand babies named Daymon: U.S. records list 1,723 babies given the name Daymon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Daymon Mean?
Daymon is a respelled variant of Damon, an English form of the Greek name Δάμων (Damōn). The Greek name is generally connected to the verb δαμάω (damaō), "to tame" or "to subdue," so the usual meaning given is "tamer" or "subduer." A few ancient writers instead linked the name to δῆμος (dēmos), "the people," but that is a minority explanation rather than the standard one. The spelling Daymon does not alter the meaning or origin; the y simply makes the long a of the English pronunciation explicit.
Daymon Name History & Origins
The name comes from the Greek Δάμων, carried by several figures in the classical Greek world. The best known was Damon of Athens, a fifth-century BC music theorist and associate of Pericles, who was mocked by Athenian comic poets. Greek tradition also names a Pythagorean philosopher called Damon. The name passed into Latin as Damon, which is the form used in English retellings of an old Pythagorean legend: Damon stood as a hostage for his condemned friend Phintias (often called Pythias), and both men were released. The story appears in Cicero and Diodorus Siculus and was retold by Friedrich Schiller in the ballad "Die Bürgschaft" (1799).
English speakers have long used Damon as a given name in its Latin-derived form. Daymon belongs to a group of English respellings that substitute y for the a of the standard spelling; it shares the pronunciation and the underlying name rather than having a separate Greek or Latin source of its own. Daymon also appears as a family name in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Daymon?
Daymon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1998. Its best rank was #1,474 in 1976.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,081 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #6,900 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #5,502 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #7,381 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #5,829 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #4,894 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #5,392 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #4,507 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #6,777 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,182 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #4,924 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #4,038 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #3,600 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2012 | #4,279 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,534 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #3,832 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #6,175 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #3,505 | 31 | 0.0015% |
| 2007 | #3,527 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #3,324 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2005 | #2,629 | 42 | 0.0021% |
| 2004 | #2,655 | 40 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #2,517 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #2,959 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2001 | #3,003 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #2,487 | 38 | 0.0019% |
| 1999 | #2,173 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #1,966 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1997 | #2,069 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 1996 | #2,551 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #3,584 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #2,965 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1993 | #2,959 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #2,477 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1991 | #3,682 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #3,638 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #4,332 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #4,518 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #3,376 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #5,466 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,770 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,458 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #6,583 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #3,658 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #5,054 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #2,922 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #1,979 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 1977 | #1,616 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 1976 | #1,474 | 37 | 0.0024% |
| 1975 | #1,960 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 1974 | #1,803 | 26 | 0.0017% |
| 1973 | #1,521 | 32 | 0.0021% |
| 1972 | #2,179 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1971 | #1,536 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1970 | #1,857 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1969 | #2,154 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1968 | #1,908 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1967 | #1,985 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1966 | #1,731 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1965 | #2,654 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,335 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1963 | #3,108 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #2,712 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1961 | #2,749 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #2,919 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #2,872 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1958 | #2,042 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1957 | #3,318 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #2,835 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #2,340 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1952 | #2,925 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #3,135 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #2,618 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #2,840 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #3,062 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #3,851 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #2,572 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1945 | #2,805 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1943 | #3,019 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #2,414 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1941 | #2,016 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1940 | #2,521 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1939 | #2,891 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1938 | #2,362 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1937 | #2,230 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1936 | #3,236 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #2,282 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1934 | #3,798 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1933 | #3,074 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,149 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1931 | #2,514 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #2,345 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1927 | #3,872 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #4,346 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,205 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #3,985 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #2,370 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1921 | #2,525 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #3,275 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,174 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1916 | #4,050 | 5 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #3,497 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1912 | #2,633 | 5 | 0.0012% |
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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