Darien
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #1,436 for boys in 2025, 125 births
Given to boys 85.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 607 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,977since 1949
Darien 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,436 | 125 | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #1,250 | 158 |
| 2023 | — | #1,404 | 131 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,504 | 120 |
| 2021 | — | #1,383 | 132 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,325 | 135 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #1,244 | 151 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,276 | 144 |
| 2017 | — | #1,110 | 174 | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #1,080 | 182 |
| 2015 | — | #1,049 | 189 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #983 | 212 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #996 | 198 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #960 | 210 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #872 | 241 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #936 | 215 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #888 | 236 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #846 | 255 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #772 | 284 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #834 | 243 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #764 | 259 |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | #744 | 250 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #629 | 326 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 | #612 | 327 |
| 2001 | #2,411 | 65 | #598 | 330 |
| 2000 | #2,403 | 64 | #556 | 378 |
| 1999 | #1,732 | 93 | #537 | 385 |
| 1998 | #1,472 | 116 | #574 | 341 |
| 1997 | #1,352 | 127 | #559 | 344 |
| 1996 | #1,328 | 128 | #549 | 342 |
| 1995 | #1,037 | 175 | #500 | 424 |
| 1994 | #1,095 | 164 | #383 | 607 |
| 1993 | #1,237 | 140 | #424 | 533 |
| 1992 | #1,908 | 73 | #615 | 281 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #767 | 178 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #842 | 148 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 | #814 | 148 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #1,083 | 84 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,218 | 63 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #1,286 | 57 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #1,228 | 56 |
| 1983 | — | #1,144 | 62 | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #1,150 | 63 |
| 1981 | — | #1,177 | 61 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | — | #1,221 | 56 | |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #1,186 | 56 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,515 | 37 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #1,210 | 51 |
| 1975 | — | #1,258 | 46 | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #1,147 | 51 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #1,107 | 54 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #1,101 | 55 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #968 | 69 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #1,110 | 49 |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | #877 | 67 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #885 | 66 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #819 | 79 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #721 | 106 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #1,035 | 53 |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #1,403 | 31 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #1,635 | 24 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,973 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Darien! It came in at #3,019, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1951, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Darien is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#381 · 1 in 4,716
- Illinois#598 · 1 in 7,982
- Texas#1,314 · 1 in 29,265
- California#1,775 · 1 in 45,660
Best ever in a state: #189 in Hawaii, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #381 | 6 | 1 in 4,716 |
| Illinois | #598 | 10 | 1 in 7,982 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 5 | 1 in 29,265 |
| California | #1,775 | 5 | 1 in 45,660 |
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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 Darien
- 186 spots since 2024 (#1,250 → #1,436)
- 111 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,436)
- 387 spots since 2015 (#1,049 → #1,436)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1965 (#1,035 → #721)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1969 (#877 → #1,110)
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1994 at #383 (607 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1989–2014
- Highest: 1 in 3,183 boys born in 1994 were named Darien (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,665 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 32.6% of all boys named Darien (3,583) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1959, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #3,019 (1949) | #3,019 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,414 (1959) | #2,793 |
| 1960s | 524 | #721 (1965) | #1,183 |
| 1970s | 511 | #968 (1970) | #1,215 |
| 1980s | 701 | #814 (1989) | #1,169 |
| 1990s | 3,583 | #383 (1994) | #575 |
| 2000s | 2,888 | #556 (2000) | #724 |
| 2010s | 1,916 | #872 (2011) | #1,051 |
| 2020s | 801 | #1,250 (2024) | #1,384 |
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.
Darien in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 285,925 of them was named Darien, which outranked 25.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,523Zona7
- #8,523Zsazsa7
- #8,523Zulay7
- #9,545Darien6
- #9,545Aasiya6
- #9,545Abrianna6
- #9,545Adaeze6
- #10,912Aamanda5
- #10,912Abegail5
- #10,912Abel5
Tied with 1,366 names at #9,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 32,307 of them was named Darien, which outranked 83.6% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,269Trace58
- #1,269Tristian58
- #1,269Vishal58
- #1,286Darien57
- #1,286Barron57
- #1,286Denton57
- #1,286Emily57
- #1,299Avraham56
- #1,299Axel56
- #1,299Cyle56
Tied with 12 names at #1,286; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.