Spellings
Damon or Daemon?
In the US in 2025, 86% of babies in this name family were spelled Damon and 14% Daemon. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Damon already led in 2015, with 93% of the family's births; it has 86% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 770 to 706 births (−8%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damon | 719 | 604 | −16% |
| Daemon | 51 | 102 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈdeɪmən/ (DAY-mun). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Damon 15 births and Daemon 5 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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