Darien Boy
How popular is Darien?
#1,436 boy name in 2025
125 baby boys were named Darien in the US in 2025, making it the 1436th most popular boy name.
Darien popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,436 for boys (▼ 186 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 125 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,049 in 2015, #1,325 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (607 boys) |
| Highest rank | #383 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Darien counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Darian family of names ranked #569 for boys in 2025 (#517 the year before), with 494 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Darian | 254 | 51% |
| Darien | 125 | 25% |
| Darion | 40 | 8% |
| Darrion | 21 | 4% |
| Darrien | 24 | 5% |
| Darrian | 16 | 3% |
| Daryan | 14 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Darien is most popular
Babies named Darien per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (95 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (91 boys)
Darien by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,413 |
| 1960s | 524 | #721 |
| 1970s | 511 | #968 |
| 1980s | 701 | #811 |
| 1990s | 3,583 | #383 |
| 2000s | 2,888 | #556 |
| 2010s | 1,916 | #872 |
| 2020s | 801 | #1,250 |
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Questions
- Is Darien a boy or girl name?
- Darien is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Darien were boys.
- How popular is the name Darien?
- 125 baby boys were named Darien in the US in 2025, making it the 1436th most popular boy name.
- When was Darien most popular?
- Darien peaked in 1994, when 607 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #383 in 1994.
- How many people are named Darien?
- 12,826 babies have been named Darien in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,403 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Darien most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Darien was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.