Darian
- #6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births
- #927 for boys in 2025, 254 births
- Given to boys 73.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 674 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,041since 1939
Darian over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,325 | 18 | #927 | 254 |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | #896 | 264 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #1,044 | 209 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #975 | 231 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #977 | 227 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #833 | 273 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #939 | 230 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #837 | 266 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #820 | 274 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #845 | 266 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #788 | 296 |
| 2014 | #7,636 | 15 | #795 | 288 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | #774 | 290 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #738 | 314 |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | #695 | 333 |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | #636 | 380 |
| 2009 | #3,737 | 42 | #663 | 369 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | #606 | 414 |
| 2007 | #2,485 | 75 | #577 | 445 |
| 2006 | #2,375 | 79 | #597 | 412 |
| 2005 | #1,933 | 99 | #604 | 373 |
| 2004 | #1,734 | 111 | #547 | 421 |
| 2003 | #1,395 | 142 | #523 | 448 |
| 2002 | #1,148 | 180 | #478 | 487 |
| 2001 | #1,001 | 214 | #433 | 561 |
| 2000 | #870 | 253 | #415 | 599 |
| 1999 | #731 | 308 | #416 | 564 |
| 1998 | #542 | 462 | #387 | 639 |
| 1997 | #444 | 572 | #394 | 596 |
| 1996 | #497 | 483 | #420 | 537 |
| 1995 | #390 | 680 | #394 | 594 |
| 1994 | #313 | 869 | #358 | 674 |
| 1993 | #482 | 523 | #411 | 565 |
| 1992 | #707 | 305 | #546 | 349 |
| 1991 | #2,989 | 38 | #619 | 271 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | #632 | 259 |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 | #715 | 190 |
| 1988 | #3,225 | 30 | #961 | 100 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #1,054 | 82 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,269 | 58 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,011 | 81 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #993 | 80 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #987 | 80 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #1,013 | 80 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #1,002 | 82 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #927 | 92 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #826 | 111 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #676 | 153 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #636 | 177 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #674 | 149 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | #692 | 143 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #621 | 168 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #635 | 156 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #660 | 148 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #555 | 212 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | #566 | 206 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #630 | 157 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #986 | 56 |
| 1967 | — | #1,030 | 50 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #968 | 56 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #897 | 67 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #1,744 | 21 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | #1,910 | 18 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,173 | 6 |
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| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five boys were named Darian! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1945, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Darian is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- New Mexico#270 · 1 in 929
- Connecticut#498 · 1 in 2,641
- Texas#555 · 1 in 3,071
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- Florida#662 · 1 in 3,981
Best ever in a state: #130 in Wyoming, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #270 | 7 | 1 in 929 |
| Connecticut | #498 | 5 | 1 in 2,641 |
| Texas | #555 | 57 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Florida | #662 | 24 | 1 in 3,981 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| California | #731 | 36 | 1 in 4,874 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Arizona | #781 | 7 | 1 in 4,675 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| Georgia | #990 | 8 | 1 in 6,278 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,231 | 5 | 1 in 10,452 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Darian
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 94 spots since 2020 (#833 → #927)
- Biggest jump: 648 spots in 1965
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1979
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1994 at #358 (674 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1988–2022
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,867
- Highest: 1 in 2,867 boys born in 1994 were named Darian (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.6% of all boys named Darian (5,048) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
- Mostly girls until 1995, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 7 | #2,829 (1939) | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,173 (1946) | #3,173 |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,530 (1959) | #2,586 |
| 1960s | 487 | #630 (1969) | #1,367 |
| 1970s | 1,623 | #555 (1971) | #654 |
| 1980s | 925 | #715 (1989) | #993 |
| 1990s | 5,048 | #358 (1994) | #458 |
| 2000s | 4,529 | #415 (2000) | #544 |
| 2010s | 2,937 | #636 (2010) | #787 |
| 2020s | 1,458 | #833 (2020) | #942 |
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.
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