How rare is the name Dario?

14,672 people in the United States have the first name Dario, about 1 in 20,586. It ranks #1,924 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DARIO

#1,924

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,672
About
1 in 20,586
This common or more
77.7%
Who bears it

Of the 14,672 people named Dario, 75% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% as White and 4.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dario peaked in 2024, when 439 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
439
In 2025*
339 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 11,945 babies have been given the name since 1909. 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.

Dario by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,439. The largest share of babies named Dario, 32.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#3,533129
1920s#3,053246
1930s#2,962217
1940s#3,194221
1950s#2,783384
1960s#2,679475
1970s#2,395697
1980s#1,9301,234
1990s#1,9771,607
2000s#1,9382,177
2010s#2,0062,289
2020s#1,4392,263
Greatest Generation 1901–272.8%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–645.9%
Generation X 1965–809%
Millennials 1981–9618.6%
Generation Z 1997–1228%
2013 and later32.5%

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 Dario is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dario has been most common in California (3.5×), Texas (3.3×), and Arizona (2.8×), and least common in Virginia (0.15×).

8,949 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Dario ranks #40,323 of 156,621, with 586 people. See Dario as a last name

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