Daren

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1965 · 761 births
Debut · boys
35 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,855
since 1922

Daren over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Daren has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #271, 1965boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,18137
2024#2,83545
2023#3,22837
2022#4,18425
2021#3,29735
2020#3,49731
2019#3,49632
2018#2,89341
2017#3,24935
2016#3,11137
2015#2,96639
2014#2,29957
2013#2,46150
2012#2,29256
2011#1,84976
2010#1,89875
2009#1,76286
2008#1,69290
2007#1,496106
2006#1,62788
2005#1,67480
2004#1,50289
2003#1,57880
2002#1,45987
2001#1,33797
2000#1,241107
1999#1,47777
1998#1,39283
1997#1,027124
1996#1,24689
1995#1,18795
1994#13,4305#1,075108
1993#1,091105
1992#1,017115
1991#920131
1990#887135
1989#856138
1988#789144
1987#735154
1986#756143
1985#777130
1984#10,4225#624186
1983#10,2755#687156
1982#8,2247#673169
1981#691156
1980#643182
1979#660167
1978#649167
1977#652167
1976#603182
1975#578194
1974#7,6806#526228
1973#552204
1972#541216
1971#7,3886#469301
1970#4,49212#438348
1969#7,4715#404389
1968#4,7799#342505
1967#6,8045#312565
1966#3,95911#305597
1965#5,2897#271761
1964#5,0088#450314
1963#4,5399#507252
1962#4,8658#538217
1961#4,5469#570190
1960#3,35714#615161
1959#3,10415#81787
1958#4,1939#1,30535
1957#5,3776#1,25039
1956#5,9525#1,88618
1955#4,0699#1,61123
1954#4,6557#1,76219
1953#4,5957#1,76519
1952#1,85617
1951#2,24612
1950#5,3015#1,70119
1949#2,22512
1948#1,70319
1947#1,85017
1946#2,14312
1945#2,7437
1944#2,6338
1943#3,5385
1942#3,2126
1941#3,5055
1940#3,4595
1939
1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
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1934#3,2776
1933#2,36810
1932#3,7765
1931
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1929#3,5596
1928#3,0768
1927#3,7806
1926
1925#3,1558
1924
1923#2,22414
1922#1,22235
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Daren! It came in at #1,222, and was given to 35 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1924, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Daren is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNHWashington: #308 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,875 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMNIllinois: #788 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 13,561 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedWIMichigan: #515 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,041 boysMINew York: #624 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,740 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedINOhio: #457 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,044 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #757 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 12,725 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedUTColorado: #384 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,923 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNEMissouri: #417 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,857 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedWVVirginia: #434 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,425 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedNMKansas: #317 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,122 boysKSArkansas: #324 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,084 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #508 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,416 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #603 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,600 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Daren, so not publishedHITexas: #861 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 14,020 boysTXFlorida: #582 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,146 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Washington#308 · 1 in 2,875
  2. Kansas#317 · 1 in 3,122
  3. Arkansas#324 · 1 in 3,084
  4. Colorado#384 · 1 in 3,923
  5. Missouri#417 · 1 in 5,857

Best ever in a state: #93 in North Dakota, 1968.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Washington#30891 in 2,875
Kansas#31751 in 3,122
Arkansas#32451 in 3,084
Colorado#38451 in 3,923
Missouri#41761 in 5,857
Virginia#43461 in 5,425
Ohio#457111 in 7,044
North Carolina#50861 in 6,416
Michigan#51581 in 8,041
Florida#58271 in 7,146
Louisiana#60351 in 6,600
New York#624131 in 8,740
California#757131 in 12,725
Illinois#78861 in 13,561
Texas#86181 in 14,020
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Daren
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 346 spots since 2024 (#2,835#3,181)
  • 316 spots since 2020 (#3,497#3,181)
  • 215 spots since 2015 (#2,966#3,181)
  • Biggest jump: 488 spots in 1959 (#1,305#817)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1985 (#624#777)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 1965 at #271 (761 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1959–1991
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,444
  • Highest: 1 in 2,444 boys born in 1965 were named Daren (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 36.4% of all boys named Daren (3,951) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s77#1,222 (1922)#2,836
1930s31#2,368 (1933)#3,295
1940s96#1,703 (1948)#2,701
1950s288#817 (1959)#1,620
1960s3,951#271 (1965)#431
1970s2,174#438 (1970)#567
1980s1,558#624 (1984)#723
1990s1,062#887 (1990)#1,132
2000s910#1,241 (2000)#1,537
2010s498#1,849 (2011)#2,651
2020s210#2,835 (2024)#3,370

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Daren in 1977

boys
#652
167 births · 1 in 9,840 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #652Daren167
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 9,840 of them was named Daren, which outranked 90.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daren
  1. #648Delbert171
  2. #650Tavares170
  3. #651Mack168
  4. #652Daren167
  5. #652Agustin167
  6. #652Dane167
  7. #652Wilfredo167
  8. #656Jeremey166
  9. #656Stevie166
  10. #658Edmond165

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977