first name
DARON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,060 people named Daron, 49% reported their origin as Black, 39.2% as White and 4.4% as two or more races. 96.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Daron peaked in 1965, when 241 babies got the name.
At least 7,812 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.
Daron by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,462. The largest share of babies named Daron, 32.6%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Daron is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Daron has been most common in Maryland (2.2×), Missouri (2×), and Louisiana (1.9×), and least common in Tennessee (0.42×).
4,421 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.
Either side of Daron
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Daron, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Daron ranks #52,998 of 156,621, with 422 people. See Daron as a last name
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