Darek
#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,561since 1957
Darek over time
Rank among boys' names. Darek has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #2,693 | 48 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #3,882 | 27 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #4,322 | 18 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,981 | 25 |
| 1996 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #1,823 | 43 |
| 1990 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #1,672 | 37 |
| 1984 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,890 | 29 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #1,688 | 32 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #1,582 | 31 |
| 1973 | #1,123 | 53 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #1,400 | 37 |
| 1970 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #1,977 | 18 |
| 1968 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1967 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
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| 1960 | #3,077 | 8 |
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| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Darek! It came in at #3,552, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Darek is popular in 1971
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#609 · 1 in 12,754
- California#992 · 1 in 23,086
Best ever in a state: #608 in Michigan, 1977.
Show every state
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| Michigan | #609 | 6 | 1 in 12,754 |
| California | #992 | 7 | 1 in 23,086 |
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See more about Darek
- 256 spots since 2024 (#3,693 → #3,949)
- 3,085 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #3,949)
- 67 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #3,949)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1973 at #1,123 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,407 boys born in 1973 were named Darek (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Darek (325) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #3,552 (1957) | #3,552 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,711 (1967) | #2,607 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,123 (1973) | #1,816 |
| 1980s | 325 | #1,547 (1980) | #1,870 |
| 1990s | 311 | #1,823 (1991) | #2,532 |
| 2000s | 196 | #3,075 (2000) | #4,524 |
| 2010s | 154 | #3,882 (2015) | #6,071 |
| 2020s | 170 | #2,693 (2023) | #4,293 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Darek in 1971
Top boys' names in 1971
More about 1971
boys
1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 47,796 of them was named Darek, which outranked 75.2% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,378Tige38
- #1,378Valentino38
- #1,378Wardell38
- #1,400Darek37
- #1,400Demarcus37
- #1,400Dondi37
- #1,400Eben37
- #1,415Alva36
- #1,415Amador36
- #1,415Bo36
Tied with 14 names at #1,400; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.