Darius
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491 · #788 for boys in 2025, 322 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 2,118 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 54,006since 1880
Darius over time
Rank among boys' names. Darius has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #788 | 322 | |
| 2024 | — | #746 | 344 | |
| 2023 | — | #723 | 367 | |
| 2022 | — | #679 | 402 | |
| 2021 | — | #636 | 434 | |
| 2020 | — | #592 | 469 | |
| 2019 | — | #567 | 491 | |
| 2018 | — | #510 | 553 | |
| 2017 | — | #495 | 584 | |
| 2016 | — | #511 | 584 | |
| 2015 | — | #501 | 579 | |
| 2014 | — | #473 | 614 | |
| 2013 | — | #410 | 718 | |
| 2012 | — | #399 | 730 | |
| 2011 | — | #380 | 766 | |
| 2010 | — | #337 | 929 | |
| 2009 | — | #333 | 956 | |
| 2008 | — | #318 | 1,052 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #306 | 1,090 |
| 2006 | — | #278 | 1,244 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #291 | 1,134 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #284 | 1,117 |
| 2003 | — | #255 | 1,289 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #237 | 1,422 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #218 | 1,568 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #220 | 1,564 |
| 1999 | — | #199 | 1,703 | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #162 | 2,131 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #177 | 1,890 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #182 | 1,768 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #169 | 1,932 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 | #155 | 2,184 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #161 | 1,983 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #164 | 1,923 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #152 | 2,118 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #152 | 2,033 |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | #194 | 1,504 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #249 | 948 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 | #253 | 902 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #313 | 650 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #326 | 609 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #321 | 601 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #361 | 489 |
| 1982 | — | #362 | 493 | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #363 | 484 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #356 | 497 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #374 | 460 |
| 1978 | — | #420 | 351 | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #415 | 361 |
| 1976 | — | #481 | 273 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #458 | 307 |
| 1974 | — | #465 | 297 | |
| 1973 | — | #462 | 285 | |
| 1972 | — | #460 | 292 | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #505 | 259 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #502 | 259 |
| 1969 | — | #529 | 221 | |
| 1968 | — | #575 | 172 | |
| 1967 | — | #588 | 165 | |
| 1966 | — | #660 | 125 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #665 | 124 |
| 1964 | — | #692 | 124 | |
| 1963 | — | #685 | 128 | |
| 1962 | — | #733 | 109 | |
| 1961 | — | #776 | 98 | |
| 1960 | — | #825 | 85 | |
| 1959 | — | #897 | 73 | |
| 1958 | — | #850 | 79 | |
| 1957 | — | #853 | 77 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,008 | 55 | |
| 1955 | — | #906 | 67 | |
| 1954 | — | #973 | 58 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,102 | 44 | |
| 1952 | — | #915 | 60 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,123 | 41 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,111 | 39 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,528 | 20 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,658 | 18 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,516 | 25 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,322 | 27 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,314 | 7 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #837 | 6 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Darius was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Darius is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#58 · 1 in 266
- South Carolina#72 · 1 in 351
- Louisiana#74 · 1 in 342
- District of Columbia#77 · 1 in 294
- Maryland#83 · 1 in 388
Best ever in a state: #42 in Mississippi, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #58 | 57 | 1 in 266 |
| South Carolina | #72 | 56 | 1 in 351 |
| Louisiana | #74 | 78 | 1 in 342 |
| District of Columbia | #77 | 17 | 1 in 294 |
| Maryland | #83 | 74 | 1 in 388 |
| Georgia | #84 | 123 | 1 in 394 |
| North Carolina | #91 | 102 | 1 in 450 |
| Arkansas | #95 | 36 | 1 in 403 |
| Alabama | #100 | 49 | 1 in 511 |
| Delaware | #100 | 9 | 1 in 426 |
| Virginia | #108 | 73 | 1 in 534 |
| Tennessee | #114 | 58 | 1 in 593 |
| Michigan | #147 | 70 | 1 in 851 |
| Illinois | #150 | 109 | 1 in 743 |
| Florida | #156 | 106 | 1 in 801 |
| Ohio | #187 | 55 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Indiana | #189 | 33 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Massachusetts | #189 | 25 | 1 in 1,487 |
| New York | #192 | 94 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Wisconsin | #192 | 24 | 1 in 1,220 |
| New Jersey | #200 | 35 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Missouri | #202 | 26 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Texas | #206 | 158 | 1 in 986 |
| Kentucky | #212 | 15 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Pennsylvania | #223 | 40 | 1 in 1,709 |
| Oklahoma | #227 | 15 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Kansas | #238 | 11 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Hawaii | #240 | 5 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Washington | #284 | 19 | 1 in 1,772 |
| Colorado | #285 | 14 | 1 in 1,774 |
| Minnesota | #296 | 11 | 1 in 2,583 |
| Connecticut | #312 | 7 | 1 in 2,744 |
| California | #322 | 108 | 1 in 2,348 |
| New Mexico | #331 | 6 | 1 in 1,799 |
| Nevada | #332 | 5 | 1 in 2,083 |
| Arizona | #378 | 12 | 1 in 2,794 |
| Utah | #460 | 5 | 1 in 3,788 |
| Oregon | #468 | 5 | 1 in 3,934 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Darius
- 42 spots since 2024 (#746 → #788)
- 196 spots since 2020 (#592 → #788)
- 287 spots since 2015 (#501 → #788)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1952 (#1,123 → #915)
- Biggest drop: 187 spots in 1953 (#915 → #1,102)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1991 at #152 (2,118 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 75 yrs · run 1957–2025
- Highest: 1 in 885 boys born in 1994 were named Darius (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,305 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #152 in 1991, was only 1 in 954 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.4% of all boys named Darius (19,665) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 22 | #600 (1880) | #761 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,070 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 128 | #1,314 (1910) | #1,758 |
| 1920s | 178 | #1,516 (1927) | #1,915 |
| 1930s | 170 | #1,323 (1939) | #1,754 |
| 1940s | 252 | #1,111 (1946) | #1,432 |
| 1950s | 587 | #850 (1958) | #988 |
| 1960s | 1,351 | #529 (1969) | #673 |
| 1970s | 3,144 | #374 (1979) | #454 |
| 1980s | 7,177 | #194 (1989) | #310 |
| 1990s | 19,665 | #152 (1991) | #167 |
| 2000s | 12,436 | #218 (2001) | #274 |
| 2010s | 6,548 | #337 (2010) | #458 |
| 2020s | 2,338 | #592 (2020) | #694 |
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.
Darius in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 134,847 of them was named Darius, which outranked 57.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,392Yisel14
- #6,392Yosselin14
- #6,392Zelda14
- #6,723Darius13
- #6,723Aalyah13
- #6,723Abreanna13
- #6,723Adrionna13
- #7,130Aalyiah12
- #7,130Abagayle12
- #7,130Abelina12
Tied with 406 names at #6,723; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 1,071 of them was named Darius, which outranked 98.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.