Darian
#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #927 for boys in 2025, 254 births
Given to boys 73.1% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maryland#384 · 1 in 4,380
- Alabama#474 · 1 in 5,165
- Georgia#540 · 1 in 5,837
- Virginia#565 · 1 in 8,026
- North Carolina#566 · 1 in 7,252
Best ever in a state: #130 in Wyoming, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #384 | 7 | 1 in 4,380 |
| Alabama | #474 | 5 | 1 in 5,165 |
| Georgia | #540 | 8 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Virginia | #565 | 5 | 1 in 8,026 |
| North Carolina | #566 | 6 | 1 in 7,252 |
| Illinois | #689 | 8 | 1 in 10,431 |
| Florida | #730 | 8 | 1 in 10,558 |
| Texas | #1,209 | 6 | 1 in 24,018 |
| New York | #1,304 | 5 | 1 in 25,938 |
| California | #1,681 | 6 | 1 in 42,040 |
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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
- 31 spots since 2024 (#896 → #927)
- 94 spots since 2020 (#833 → #927)
- 139 spots since 2015 (#788 → #927)
- Biggest jump: 648 spots in 1965 (#1,545 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 150 spots in 1979 (#676 → #826)
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1994 at #358 (674 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1988–2022
- 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%)
- 29.6% of all boys named Darian (5,048) were born in this decade
- 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.
Darian in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 59,362 of them was named Darian, which outranked 76.8% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,165Thao31
- #3,165Tracee31
- #3,165Zaira31
- #3,225Darian30
- #3,225Abagail30
- #3,225Akia30
- #3,225Aliya30
- #3,306Adelle29
- #3,306Aleta29
- #3,306Alica29
Tied with 80 names at #3,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 19,143 of them was named Darian, which outranked 88.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #955Jermey102
- #955Ronny102
- #960Dominque101
- #961Darian100
- #961Alexandro100
- #961Brittany100
- #961Donny100
- #970Chadd99
- #970Edgardo99
- #970Genaro99
Tied with 8 names at #961; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.