Darren
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #12,713 · #1,132 for boys in 2025, 187 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 5,938 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 103,937since 1936
Darren over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,132 | 187 | |
| 2024 | — | #954 | 240 | |
| 2023 | — | #977 | 224 | |
| 2022 | — | #853 | 284 | |
| 2021 | — | #803 | 305 | |
| 2020 | — | #718 | 345 | |
| 2019 | — | #684 | 374 | |
| 2018 | — | #653 | 393 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #586 | 463 |
| 2016 | — | #548 | 528 | |
| 2015 | — | #542 | 527 | |
| 2014 | — | #494 | 569 | |
| 2013 | — | #468 | 593 | |
| 2012 | — | #423 | 667 | |
| 2011 | — | #415 | 681 | |
| 2010 | — | #407 | 695 | |
| 2009 | — | #393 | 765 | |
| 2008 | — | #384 | 799 | |
| 2007 | — | #361 | 876 | |
| 2006 | — | #361 | 824 | |
| 2005 | — | #343 | 864 | |
| 2004 | — | #336 | 891 | |
| 2003 | — | #305 | 977 | |
| 2002 | — | #302 | 969 | |
| 2001 | — | #304 | 948 | |
| 2000 | — | #298 | 1,007 | |
| 1999 | — | #283 | 1,029 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #278 | 1,028 |
| 1997 | — | #274 | 1,020 | |
| 1996 | — | #253 | 1,140 | |
| 1995 | — | #230 | 1,290 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #201 | 1,444 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #210 | 1,432 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #227 | 1,323 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #226 | 1,306 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #199 | 1,507 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #183 | 1,625 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #177 | 1,599 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #170 | 1,602 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #168 | 1,578 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #161 | 1,701 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #172 | 1,548 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #164 | 1,599 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #174 | 1,487 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #176 | 1,426 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #163 | 1,533 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #164 | 1,503 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #166 | 1,453 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #158 | 1,503 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #147 | 1,693 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #126 | 2,032 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #126 | 2,074 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #112 | 2,288 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #106 | 2,675 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #100 | 3,156 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #75 | 4,197 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #60 | 4,660 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | #60 | 4,642 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #63 | 4,440 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #63 | 4,718 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #52 | 5,938 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #127 | 2,644 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #158 | 2,081 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #165 | 1,923 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #174 | 1,783 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #156 | 2,209 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #213 | 1,299 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #381 | 417 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #897 | 71 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #845 | 68 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Darren! It came in at #2,854, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Darren is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#99 · 1 in 450
- North Dakota#104 · 1 in 465
- Nevada#112 · 1 in 554
- Delaware#115 · 1 in 631
- Montana#116 · 1 in 513
Best ever in a state: #20 in Idaho, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #99 | 15 | 1 in 450 |
| North Dakota | #104 | 10 | 1 in 465 |
| Nevada | #112 | 13 | 1 in 554 |
| Delaware | #115 | 7 | 1 in 631 |
| Montana | #116 | 9 | 1 in 513 |
| District of Columbia | #117 | 15 | 1 in 553 |
| Kentucky | #118 | 31 | 1 in 762 |
| Kansas | #120 | 25 | 1 in 667 |
| Pennsylvania | #121 | 92 | 1 in 860 |
| Louisiana | #123 | 53 | 1 in 596 |
| Vermont | #124 | 5 | 1 in 659 |
| Missouri | #127 | 45 | 1 in 811 |
| Alaska | #130 | 7 | 1 in 617 |
| Maryland | #131 | 35 | 1 in 876 |
| Oregon | #131 | 22 | 1 in 834 |
| New Mexico | #133 | 19 | 1 in 602 |
| New York | #136 | 133 | 1 in 975 |
| Arkansas | #140 | 19 | 1 in 773 |
| Connecticut | #140 | 21 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Massachusetts | #140 | 37 | 1 in 1,121 |
| New Jersey | #142 | 48 | 1 in 1,072 |
| Rhode Island | #142 | 6 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Maine | #144 | 7 | 1 in 1,040 |
| Iowa | #145 | 17 | 1 in 1,041 |
| Indiana | #147 | 36 | 1 in 1,078 |
| North Carolina | #148 | 44 | 1 in 989 |
| Nebraska | #149 | 11 | 1 in 989 |
| Idaho | #155 | 7 | 1 in 908 |
| South Dakota | #156 | 5 | 1 in 941 |
| Oklahoma | #157 | 23 | 1 in 902 |
| Ohio | #159 | 62 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Tennessee | #164 | 30 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Wisconsin | #167 | 23 | 1 in 1,409 |
| Minnesota | #175 | 18 | 1 in 1,703 |
| Utah | #176 | 14 | 1 in 1,162 |
| Michigan | #184 | 47 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Florida | #186 | 74 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Colorado | #187 | 18 | 1 in 1,341 |
| South Carolina | #188 | 21 | 1 in 1,070 |
| Washington | #198 | 22 | 1 in 1,482 |
| Arizona | #200 | 25 | 1 in 1,178 |
| West Virginia | #210 | 5 | 1 in 2,069 |
| Illinois | #211 | 61 | 1 in 1,368 |
| California | #212 | 204 | 1 in 1,236 |
| Virginia | #214 | 26 | 1 in 1,543 |
| Georgia | #239 | 30 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Alabama | #261 | 13 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Texas | #290 | 75 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Mississippi | #292 | 8 | 1 in 2,048 |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| 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 Darren
- 178 spots since 2024 (#954 → #1,132)
- 414 spots since 2020 (#718 → #1,132)
- 590 spots since 2015 (#542 → #1,132)
- Biggest jump: 753 spots in 1952 (#1,598 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 278 spots in 1953 (#845 → #1,123)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1965 at #52 (5,938 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1965–1971
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1957–2024
- Highest: 1 in 313 boys born in 1965 were named Darren (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,134 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.7% of all boys named Darren (35,038) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #2,854 (1936) | #2,984 |
| 1940s | 52 | #2,356 (1947) | #2,929 |
| 1950s | 2,048 | #213 (1959) | #1,101 |
| 1960s | 35,038 | #52 (1965) | #108 |
| 1970s | 22,574 | #75 (1970) | #128 |
| 1980s | 15,698 | #161 (1985) | #171 |
| 1990s | 12,519 | #199 (1990) | #238 |
| 2000s | 8,920 | #298 (2000) | #339 |
| 2010s | 5,490 | #407 (2010) | #522 |
| 2020s | 1,585 | #718 (2020) | #906 |
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.
Darren in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 161,896 of them was named Darren, which outranked 52.0% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,277Yaminah12
- #6,277Youa12
- #6,277Yumi12
- #6,666Darren11
- #6,666Abbe11
- #6,666Abriana11
- #6,666Adeola11
- #7,111Aaisha10
- #7,111Abigal10
- #7,111Adah10
Tied with 444 names at #6,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,197 of them was named Darren, which outranked 97.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.