Darran

Where Darran comes from

Darran hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1958
    First appearance
    #2,818 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #1,000
    54 babies named Darran — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,080.
  4. 1984
    Darran Kempson born
    Professional footballer
  5. 1986
    Darran O'Sullivan born
    Irish Gaelic football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Darran Kempson · Professional footballer, born 1984
  • Darran O'Sullivan · Irish Gaelic football player, born 1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.