How rare is the name Daren?

9,451 people in the United States have the first name Daren, about 1 in 31,958. It ranks #2,558 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DAREN

#2,558

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,451
About
1 in 31,958
This common or more
80.2%
Who bears it

Of the 9,451 people named Daren, 67.7% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Daren peaked in 1965, when 768 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19222025
Peak year
1965
Births that year
768
In 2025*
37 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,049 babies have been given the name since 1922. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Daren by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #862. The largest share of babies named Daren, 47.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1920s#6,17177
1930s#7,78231
1940s#5,15896
1950s#2,915351
1960s#8624,036
1970s#1,2342,198
1980s#1,6731,575
1990s#2,5721,067
2000s#3,564910
2010s#5,673498
2020s#7,151210
Greatest Generation 1901–270.6%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–6414.4%
Generation X 1965–8047.4%
Millennials 1981–9619.7%
Generation Z 1997–1212.7%
2013 and later4.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Daren is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Daren has been most common in Utah (4×), Oregon (2.6×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in Alabama (0.26×).

7,182 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Daren

1 other first name also has 9,451 people.

#2,558 Magaly · 9,451

Either side of Daren

#2,556 Ciera · 9,456#2,557 Davion · 9,454#2,558 Magaly · 9,451#2,560 Karlie · 9,445

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Daren, most common first.

#604 Darren · 87,892#1,320 Darin · 27,677#2,441 Darien · 10,157#3,433 Daron · 6,060#5,702 Daryn · 2,959#17,814 Daran · 612#18,431 Dareen · 585#26,650 Dareon · 348

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