Darin
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- #3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Around 1958: Splish Splash by Bobby Darin (song)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 2,614 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 32,546since 1948
Darin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Darin has never cracked the top 100 here.
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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 | — | #3,583 | 31 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,691 | 30 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,862 | 43 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,728 | 45 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,421 | 55 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,186 | 61 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #2,028 | 70 |
| 2015 | — | #2,036 | 70 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,884 | 77 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,794 | 80 |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #1,544 | 102 |
| 2010 | — | #1,525 | 106 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,546 | 106 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #1,284 | 135 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #1,144 | 156 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #1,091 | 161 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #929 | 188 |
| 2004 | — | #977 | 171 | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #764 | 231 |
| 2002 | — | #784 | 220 | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #776 | 219 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #780 | 212 |
| 1999 | — | #696 | 241 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #777 | 201 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #683 | 236 |
| 1996 | — | #686 | 236 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #700 | 228 |
| 1994 | — | #648 | 258 | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #643 | 259 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #601 | 293 |
| 1991 | — | #546 | 345 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #530 | 348 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #511 | 351 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #481 | 366 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #448 | 390 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #427 | 409 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #417 | 418 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #398 | 428 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #387 | 429 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #395 | 424 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #378 | 455 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #379 | 455 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #351 | 499 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #328 | 533 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #314 | 601 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #290 | 649 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #245 | 844 |
| 1974 | — | #211 | 1,037 | |
| 1973 | — | #205 | 1,057 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #203 | 1,130 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #193 | 1,291 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #188 | 1,441 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #159 | 1,789 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #147 | 1,955 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #142 | 2,017 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #134 | 2,251 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #123 | 2,614 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #236 | 1,023 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #290 | 712 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #316 | 621 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #378 | 438 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #448 | 325 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #776 | 97 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,668 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1948
The first year at least five boys were named Darin! It came in at #3,668, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Darin is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Darin in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 855 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 901 spots in 1959
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 2004
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1965 at #123 (2,614 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1959–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 712
- Highest: 1 in 712 boys born in 1965 were named Darin (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 42.2% of all boys named Darin (13,745) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,668 (1948) | #3,668 |
| 1950s | 184 | #776 (1959) | #2,531 |
| 1960s | 13,745 | #123 (1965) | #237 |
| 1970s | 9,082 | #188 (1970) | #253 |
| 1980s | 4,125 | #378 (1981) | #422 |
| 1990s | 2,645 | #530 (1990) | #651 |
| 2000s | 1,799 | #764 (2003) | #1,008 |
| 2010s | 743 | #1,525 (2010) | #2,043 |
| 2020s | 218 | #2,728 (2020) | #3,269 |
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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