first name
DARRIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,564 people named Darrin, 71.2% reported their origin as White, 19.9% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Darrin peaked in 1965, when 3,273 babies got the name.
At least 29,747 babies have been given the name since 1947. 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.
Darrin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #431. The largest share of babies named Darrin, 64.1%, 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 Darrin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Darrin has been most common in North Dakota (2.1×), Kansas (2.1×), and Indiana (1.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.28×).
26,728 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 Darrin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Darrin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Darrin ranks #64,360 of 156,621, with 334 people. See Darrin as a last name
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