first name
DARREN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 87,892 people named Darren, 66.6% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Black and 5.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Darren peaked in 1965, when 5,963 babies got the name.
At least 104,506 babies have been given the name since 1936. 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.
Darren by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #222. The largest share of babies named Darren, 46.7%, 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 Darren is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darren has been most common in Hawaii (3×), Alaska (2×), and Louisiana (1.9×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.23×).
102,160 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 Darren
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darren, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Darren ranks #113,565 of 156,621, with 164 people. See Darren as a last name
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