Darian

#6,325 for girls in 2025, 18 births · #927 for boys in 2025, 254 births
Given to boys 73.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 674 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,041
since 1939

Darian over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #313, 1994peak #358, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,32518#927254
2024#7,59414#896264
2023#7,24715#1,044209
2022#11,2318#975231
2021#9,56210#977227
2020#5,85020#833273
2019#6,41418#939230
2018#6,24819#837266
2017#9,34111#820274
2016#7,98814#845266
2015#5,45824#788296
2014#7,63615#795288
2013#6,72918#774290
2012#7,80415#738314
2011#4,91528#695333
2010#4,10736#636380
2009#3,73742#663369
2008#3,12054#606414
2007#2,48575#577445
2006#2,37579#597412
2005#1,93399#604373
2004#1,734111#547421
2003#1,395142#523448
2002#1,148180#478487
2001#1,001214#433561
2000#870253#415599
1999#731308#416564
1998#542462#387639
1997#444572#394596
1996#497483#420537
1995#390680#394594
1994#313869#358674
1993#482523#411565
1992#707305#546349
1991#2,98938#619271
1990#2,73742#632259
1989#2,19455#715190
1988#3,22530#961100
1987#7,3539#1,05482
1986#8,5237#1,26958
1985#6,9559#1,01181
1984#5,89911#99380
1983#5,82411#98780
1982#7,4698#1,01380
1981#5,88511#1,00282
1980#8,1787#92792
1979#7,3138#826111
1978#6,3859#676153
1977#5,21312#636177
1976#4,90512#674149
1975#4,59313#692143
1974#5,7769#621168
1973#4,36213#635156
1972#4,30013#660148
1971#4,53412#555212
1970#3,31119#566206
1969#4,72310#630157
1968#4,48910#98656
1967—#1,03050
1966#4,8668#96856
1965#5,8176#89767
1964#3,69213#1,54526
1963#3,17616#1,74421
1962#3,78212#1,71322
1961#5,8516#2,24214
1960#4,18410#1,91018
1959#5,0317#2,53011
1958#3,92510#2,64210
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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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedNHWashington: #929 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,900 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,180 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,945 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedWIMichigan: #873 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 6,556 boysMINew York: #972 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,979 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedINOhio: #910 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,164 boysOHPennsylvania: #780 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,363 boysPANew Jersey: #772 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,738 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #677 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 5,295 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedUTColorado: #540 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,866 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedVAMaryland: #776 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,277 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedDEArizona: #610 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,799 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #905 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,166 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,020 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,456 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Darian, so not publishedHITexas: #590 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 3,886 boysTXFlorida: #546 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,423 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Colorado#540 · 1 in 2,866
  2. Florida#546 · 1 in 3,423
  3. Texas#590 · 1 in 3,886
  4. Arizona#610 · 1 in 3,799
  5. California#677 · 1 in 5,295

Best ever in a state: #130 in Wyoming, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Colorado#54091 in 2,866
Florida#546281 in 3,423
Texas#590451 in 3,886
Arizona#61091 in 3,799
California#677391 in 5,295
New Jersey#77271 in 5,738
Maryland#77651 in 5,277
Pennsylvania#78091 in 6,363
Michigan#87371 in 6,556
North Carolina#90571 in 7,166
Ohio#91081 in 7,164
Washington#92951 in 6,900
New York#972121 in 7,979
Georgia#1,02071 in 7,456
Illinois#1,18061 in 9,945
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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
  • 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)
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s7#2,829 (1939)#2,829
1940s6#3,173 (1946)#3,173
1950s21#2,530 (1959)#2,586
1960s487#630 (1969)#1,367
1970s1,623#555 (1971)#654
1980s925#715 (1989)#993
1990s5,048#358 (1994)#458
2000s4,529#415 (2000)#544
2010s2,937#636 (2010)#787
2020s1,458#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 2018

girls
#6,248
19 births · 1 in 89,530 girls
boys
#837
266 births · 1 in 6,828 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #6,248Darian19

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #837Darian266
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 89,530 of them was named Darian, which outranked 65.6% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darian
  1. #6,010Zeplynn20
  2. #6,010Zianna20
  3. #6,010Zowie20
  4. #6,248Darian19
  5. #6,248Aalyiah19
  6. #6,248Aanika19
  7. #6,248Aariana19
  8. #6,521Aasiya18
  9. #6,521Adalaide18
  10. #6,521Adalida18

Tied with 272 names at #6,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 6,828 of them was named Darian, which outranked 94.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darian
  1. #832Maxton267
  2. #832Reginald267
  3. #832Van267
  4. #837Darian266
  5. #837Jacoby266
  6. #837Tadeo266
  7. #840Dario265
  8. #840Nickolas265
  9. #840Valentin265

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →