Daren

Where Daren comes from

The dictionaries list Daren as a given name — a male given name, variant of Darren — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #1,222 among boys, 35 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Daren Puppa born
    Canadian ice hockey player
  3. 1965
    Peak, #271
    761 babies named Daren — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #438.
  5. 1987
    Daren Kagasoff born
    American actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name, variant of Darren.
Namesakes
  • Daren Kagasoff · American actor, born 1987
  • Daren Puppa · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1965
  • Daren Liew · Malaysian badminton player, born 1987
  • Daren Powell · Jamaican cricketer, born 1978
  • Daren Queenan · American basketball player, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.