How rare is the name Darien?

10,157 people in the United States have the first name Darien, about 1 in 29,736. It ranks #2,441 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DARIEN

#2,441

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,157
About
1 in 29,736
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,157 people named Darien, 35.5% reported their origin as Black, 31.3% as White and 19.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 83.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darien peaked in 1994, when 771 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19372025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
771
In 2025*
125 ▼84%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 12,826 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.

Darien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #994. The largest share of babies named Darien, 41.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#10,17411
1940s#7,38742
1950s#4,665150
1960s#2,327609
1970s#2,689581
1980s#2,492799
1990s#9944,641
2000s#1,4653,204
2010s#2,2321,971
2020s#2,867818
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–642.9%
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–9631%
Generation Z 1997–1241.3%
2013 and later16.4%

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 Darien is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darien has been most common in Florida (2.6×), Maryland (2.1×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.29×).

8,673 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 Darien

1 other first name also has 10,157 people.

#2,441 Hollis · 10,157

Either side of Darien

#2,439 Erlinda · 10,160#2,439 Giuseppe · 10,160#2,441 Hollis · 10,157#2,443 Santa · 10,149

Spelled almost the same

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

#604 Darren · 87,892#1,320 Darin · 27,677#1,706 Darian · 18,136#2,558 Daren · 9,451#3,579 Darion · 5,739#5,818 Darrien · 2,858#18,431 Dareen · 585

Also a last name

As a last name, Darien ranks #69,365 of 156,621, with 305 people. See Darien as a last name

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