Darvin

Where Darvin comes from

Darvin 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. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1963
    Darvin Moon born
    American poker player
  3. 1963
    Peak, #880
    72 babies named Darvin — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    Darvin Ham born
    American basketball player and coach
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,653.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Darvin Ham · American basketball player and coach, born 1973
  • Darvin Moon · American poker player, 1963–2020
  • Darvin Edwards · Saint Lucian high jumper, born 1986
  • Darvin Adams · American football player, born 1990
  • Darvin Ebanks · American soccer player, born 1993

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.