Darrin

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1965 · 3,255 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,615
since 1947

Darrin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Darrin has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #102, 1965boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,37934
2024—#3,39434
2023—#4,11226
2022—#3,21637
2021—#2,77545
2020—#2,92540
2019—#2,73646
2018—#2,21062
2017—#2,10965
2016—#2,22860
2015—#2,30057
2014—#2,09866
2013—#1,79480
2012—#1,89176
2011—#1,73884
2010—#1,61297
2009—#1,472113
2008—#1,361125
2007—#1,341125
2006—#1,255133
2005—#1,018166
2004—#985169
2003—#926177
2002—#945170
2001—#897175
2000—#865183
1999—#798192
1998—#740218
1997—#687234
1996—#672245
1995#13,3865#610282
1994—#590305
1993—#554336
1992—#568322
1991—#498391
1990—#511376
1989—#460418
1988—#449403
1987#11,3255#452386
1986—#442380
1985#9,3076#437379
1984#10,4225#441364
1983—#456331
1982—#502286
1981—#503280
1980—#503283
1979—#509272
1978—#424347
1977—#414362
1976—#354466
1975#9,0675#309587
1974#7,6806#306594
1973#8,4235#279657
1972—#247860
1971#8,3245#1971,264
1970#7,0706#1801,525
1969#4,41811#1581,814
1968#4,00012#1382,077
1967#3,34015#1412,029
1966#4,19810#1192,569
1965#2,93818#1023,255
1964#6,0096#272801
1963—#450310
1962—#458305
1961—#522232
1960#5,6966#538217
1959#5,5666#752102
1958—#1,39631
1957—#2,37512
1956—#2,09115
1955—#2,7649
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,53110
1952—#3,0957
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,6815
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1948—#3,6685
1947—#3,7335
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Darrin! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Darrin is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNHWashington: #277 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,694 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #158 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,104 boysNDMinnesota: #337 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,188 boysMNIllinois: #441 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,926 boysILWisconsin: #396 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,906 boysWIMichigan: #382 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 5,156 boysMINew York: #818 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,877 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedIAIndiana: #224 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,281 boysINOhio: #390 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 5,742 boysOHPennsylvania: #445 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,607 boysPANew Jersey: #569 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,488 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #487 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 5,617 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedCONebraska: #209 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,993 boysNEMissouri: #265 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,624 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedDEArizona: #443 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,185 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNMKansas: #290 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,805 boysKSArkansas: #354 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,187 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #393 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,173 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #390 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,269 boysOKLouisiana: #576 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,816 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedALGeorgia: #545 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,548 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedHITexas: #598 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 7,254 boysTXFlorida: #734 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,948 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#158 · 1 in 1,104
  2. Nebraska#209 · 1 in 1,993
  3. Indiana#224 · 1 in 2,281
  4. Missouri#265 · 1 in 2,624
  5. Washington#277 · 1 in 2,694

Best ever in a state: #54 in Utah, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#15851 in 1,104
Nebraska#20961 in 1,993
Indiana#224181 in 2,281
Missouri#265141 in 2,624
Washington#277111 in 2,694
Kansas#29061 in 2,805
Minnesota#33761 in 5,188
Arkansas#35451 in 3,187
Michigan#382131 in 5,156
Ohio#390141 in 5,742
Oklahoma#39051 in 4,269
North Carolina#39391 in 4,173
Wisconsin#39651 in 6,906
Illinois#441171 in 4,926
Arizona#44351 in 4,185
Pennsylvania#445101 in 7,607
California#487321 in 5,617
Georgia#54561 in 6,548
New Jersey#56951 in 8,488
Louisiana#57661 in 5,816
Texas#598171 in 7,254
Florida#73451 in 10,948
New York#81881 in 13,877
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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 Darrin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,379)
  • 454 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,379)
  • 1,079 spots since 2015 (#2,300 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 644 spots in 1959 (#1,396 → #752)
  • Biggest drop: 85 spots in 1979 (#424 → #509)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1965 at #102 (3,255 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1959–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 571
  • Highest: 1 in 571 boys born in 1965 were named Darrin (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 46.0% of all boys named Darrin (13,609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s10#3,668 (1948)#3,701
1950s206#752 (1959)#2,469
1960s13,609#102 (1965)#290
1970s6,934#180 (1970)#322
1980s3,510#437 (1985)#465
1990s2,901#498 (1991)#623
2000s1,536#865 (2000)#1,107
2010s693#1,612 (2010)#2,072
2020s216#2,775 (2021)#3,300

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.

Darrin in 1979

boys
#509
272 births · 1 in 6,329 boys

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #509Darrin272
More about 1979

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 6,329 of them was named Darrin, which outranked 92.8% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrin
  1. #505Jamel273
  2. #505Will273
  3. #505Xavier273
  4. #509Darrin272
  5. #510Johnathon271
  6. #510Timmy271
  7. #512Claude269
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979 →