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
Showing
- 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
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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First appearance
1949
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 2017
- 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
- Alabama#641 · 1 in 3,812
- Massachusetts#710 · 1 in 5,764
- New Jersey#783 · 1 in 5,836
- Virginia#793 · 1 in 5,822
- California#832 · 1 in 7,438
Best ever in a state: #189 in Hawaii, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #641 | 6 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Massachusetts | #710 | 5 | 1 in 5,764 |
| New Jersey | #783 | 7 | 1 in 5,836 |
| Virginia | #793 | 7 | 1 in 5,822 |
| California | #832 | 29 | 1 in 7,438 |
| New York | #878 | 14 | 1 in 6,968 |
| Texas | #1,012 | 19 | 1 in 9,272 |
| Florida | #1,032 | 11 | 1 in 8,788 |
| North Carolina | #1,140 | 5 | 1 in 10,265 |
| Georgia | #1,239 | 5 | 1 in 10,738 |
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1949
- Peaked 1994 at #383 (607 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1989–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,183
- 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%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 32.6% of all boys named Darien (3,583) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1960
- 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 2017
boys
#1,110
174 births · 1 in 10,638 boys
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 10,638 of them was named Darien, which outranked 92.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).