Darwin
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · #960 for boys in 2025, 241 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1938 · 338 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 26,347since 1881
Darwin over time
Rank among boys' names. Darwin has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | #960 | 241 | |
| 2024 | — | #838 | 293 | |
| 2023 | — | #970 | 228 | |
| 2022 | — | #982 | 229 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,081 | 196 | |
| 2020 | — | #905 | 248 | |
| 2019 | — | #957 | 223 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #907 | 237 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #833 | 266 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #855 | 263 |
| 2015 | — | #869 | 256 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #909 | 236 |
| 2013 | — | #829 | 259 | |
| 2012 | — | #855 | 248 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #773 | 291 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #732 | 313 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #740 | 314 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #785 | 280 |
| 2007 | — | #820 | 261 | |
| 2006 | — | #781 | 266 | |
| 2005 | — | #866 | 212 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #820 | 217 |
| 2003 | — | #871 | 197 | |
| 2002 | — | #901 | 179 | |
| 2001 | — | #878 | 180 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,006 | 146 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,058 | 129 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,023 | 132 | |
| 1997 | — | #966 | 136 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,127 | 105 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #1,014 | 120 |
| 1994 | — | #943 | 137 | |
| 1993 | — | #921 | 136 | |
| 1992 | — | #956 | 126 | |
| 1991 | — | #882 | 143 | |
| 1990 | — | #910 | 128 | |
| 1989 | — | #814 | 148 | |
| 1988 | — | #836 | 129 | |
| 1987 | — | #870 | 115 | |
| 1986 | — | #880 | 106 | |
| 1985 | — | #877 | 107 | |
| 1984 | — | #784 | 122 | |
| 1983 | — | #895 | 96 | |
| 1982 | — | #957 | 88 | |
| 1981 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1980 | — | #804 | 119 | |
| 1979 | — | #858 | 102 | |
| 1978 | — | #831 | 106 | |
| 1977 | — | #786 | 118 | |
| 1976 | — | #905 | 84 | |
| 1975 | — | #747 | 125 | |
| 1974 | — | #677 | 144 | |
| 1973 | — | #665 | 144 | |
| 1972 | — | #675 | 142 | |
| 1971 | — | #600 | 191 | |
| 1970 | — | #563 | 207 | |
| 1969 | — | #474 | 260 | |
| 1968 | — | #444 | 297 | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #437 | 299 |
| 1966 | — | #415 | 332 | |
| 1965 | — | #403 | 383 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #426 | 354 |
| 1963 | — | #429 | 347 | |
| 1962 | — | #404 | 398 | |
| 1961 | — | #408 | 374 | |
| 1960 | — | #398 | 392 | |
| 1959 | — | #399 | 397 | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #380 | 418 |
| 1957 | — | #396 | 382 | |
| 1956 | — | #389 | 371 | |
| 1955 | — | #390 | 343 | |
| 1954 | — | #400 | 320 | |
| 1953 | — | #397 | 313 | |
| 1952 | — | #398 | 299 | |
| 1951 | — | #378 | 323 | |
| 1950 | — | #377 | 324 | |
| 1949 | — | #386 | 302 | |
| 1948 | — | #395 | 295 | |
| 1947 | — | #369 | 350 | |
| 1946 | — | #378 | 298 | |
| 1945 | — | #390 | 235 | |
| 1944 | — | #343 | 303 | |
| 1943 | — | #334 | 332 | |
| 1942 | — | #336 | 326 | |
| 1941 | — | #345 | 283 | |
| 1940 | — | #320 | 309 | |
| 1939 | — | #306 | 332 | |
| 1938 | — | #297 | 338 | |
| 1937 | — | #309 | 299 | |
| 1936 | — | #305 | 304 | |
| 1935 | — | #299 | 330 | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | #314 | 300 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #308 | 300 |
| 1932 | — | #330 | 281 | |
| 1931 | — | #339 | 259 | |
| 1930 | — | #332 | 280 | |
| 1929 | — | #332 | 278 | |
| 1928 | — | #367 | 252 | |
| 1927 | — | #377 | 242 | |
| 1926 | — | #426 | 202 | |
| 1925 | — | #398 | 225 | |
| 1924 | — | #414 | 218 | |
| 1923 | — | #409 | 215 | |
| 1922 | — | #445 | 188 | |
| 1921 | — | #415 | 214 | |
| 1920 | — | #459 | 174 | |
| 1919 | — | #481 | 155 | |
| 1918 | — | #472 | 156 | |
| 1917 | — | #497 | 133 | |
| 1916 | — | #464 | 150 | |
| 1915 | — | #466 | 139 | |
| 1914 | — | #579 | 75 | |
| 1913 | — | #503 | 74 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #815 | 11 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,004 | 7 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Darwin! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1888, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Darwin is popular in 1958
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#96 · 1 in 484
- Minnesota#139 · 1 in 1,076
- Iowa#145 · 1 in 982
- Nebraska#149 · 1 in 983
- Utah#152 · 1 in 836
Best ever in a state: #57 in Idaho, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #96 | 16 | 1 in 484 |
| Minnesota | #139 | 38 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Iowa | #145 | 31 | 1 in 982 |
| Nebraska | #149 | 16 | 1 in 983 |
| Utah | #152 | 14 | 1 in 836 |
| North Dakota | #155 | 8 | 1 in 929 |
| Idaho | #163 | 9 | 1 in 819 |
| Oregon | #228 | 8 | 1 in 2,107 |
| Michigan | #271 | 27 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Wisconsin | #289 | 9 | 1 in 5,180 |
| Kansas | #306 | 7 | 1 in 3,345 |
| New Mexico | #325 | 5 | 1 in 2,566 |
| West Virginia | #327 | 5 | 1 in 4,300 |
| Pennsylvania | #343 | 18 | 1 in 6,848 |
| Indiana | #348 | 10 | 1 in 5,477 |
| Washington | #383 | 5 | 1 in 6,304 |
| Missouri | #395 | 7 | 1 in 6,943 |
| Georgia | #396 | 10 | 1 in 4,845 |
| New Jersey | #407 | 7 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Ohio | #408 | 13 | 1 in 8,802 |
| Texas | #410 | 33 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Florida | #419 | 9 | 1 in 5,744 |
| New York | #463 | 19 | 1 in 9,517 |
| California | #486 | 22 | 1 in 7,942 |
| Illinois | #507 | 11 | 1 in 10,359 |
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| 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 Darwin
- 122 spots since 2024 (#838 → #960)
- 55 spots since 2020 (#905 → #960)
- 91 spots since 2015 (#869 → #960)
- Biggest jump: 531 spots in 1901 (#1,310 → #779)
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 2021 (#905 → #1,081)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1938 at #297 (338 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 34 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1907–1994
- Highest: 1 in 3,156 boys born in 1935 were named Darwin (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,087 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #297 in 1938, was only 1 in 3,282 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.2% of all boys named Darwin (3,490) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #722 (1889) | #876 |
| 1890s | 20 | #804 (1898) | #897 |
| 1900s | 66 | #779 (1901) | #954 |
| 1910s | 964 | #464 (1916) | #551 |
| 1920s | 2,208 | #332 (1929) | #404 |
| 1930s | 3,023 | #297 (1938) | #314 |
| 1940s | 3,033 | #320 (1940) | #360 |
| 1950s | 3,490 | #377 (1950) | #390 |
| 1960s | 3,436 | #398 (1960) | #424 |
| 1970s | 1,363 | #563 (1970) | #731 |
| 1980s | 1,150 | #784 (1984) | #852 |
| 1990s | 1,292 | #882 (1991) | #980 |
| 2000s | 2,252 | #740 (2009) | #847 |
| 2010s | 2,592 | #732 (2010) | #852 |
| 2020s | 1,435 | #838 (2024) | #956 |
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.
Darwin in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
More about 1958
girls
2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 287,374 of them was named Darwin, which outranked 30.4% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,520Yana8
- #4,520Zoann8
- #4,520Zoanne8
- #4,890Darwin7
- #4,890Adelfa7
- #4,890Adonna7
- #4,890Agustina7
- #5,408Adah6
- #5,408Adriann6
- #5,408Alayna6
Tied with 517 names at #4,890; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 5,078 of them was named Darwin, which outranked 91.6% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.