How rare is the name Darion?

5,739 people in the United States have the first name Darion, about 1 in 52,628. It ranks #3,579 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DARION

#3,579

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,739
About
1 in 52,628
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,739 people named Darion, 63.6% reported their origin as Black, 16.5% as White and 9.5% as two or more races. 91.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Darion peaked in 1994, when 468 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
468
In 2025*
40 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 7,773 babies have been given the name since 1957. 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.

Darion by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,294. The largest share of babies named Darion, 48.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,26017
1960s#4,510190
1970s#4,598253
1980s#3,290530
1990s#1,2943,082
2000s#1,7842,422
2010s#3,639966
2020s#5,477313
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9633.6%
Generation Z 1997–1248.9%
2013 and later11.1%

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 Darion is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darion has been most common in Missouri (2.7×), Louisiana (2.3×), and Georgia (2.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.22×).

5,016 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 Darion

1 other first name also has 5,739 people.

#3,579 Rony · 5,739

Either side of Darion

#3,577 Nataliya · 5,745#3,578 Me · 5,741#3,579 Rony · 5,739#3,581 Jesica · 5,732

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,320 Darin · 27,677#1,706 Darian · 18,136#2,441 Darien · 10,157#3,433 Daron · 6,060#4,120 Darron · 4,669#5,316 Darrion · 3,255#26,650 Dareon · 348#40,182 Daryon · 186

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