Darin

Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215 · #3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1965 · 2,614 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
32,546
since 1948

Darin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Darin has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #123, 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#3,58331
2024#3,52432
2023#3,22837
2022#3,69130
2021#2,86243
2020#2,72845
2019#2,42155
2018#3,30134
2017#2,18661
2016#16,2155#2,02870
2015#2,03670
2014#1,88477
2013#16,5475#1,79480
2012#1,71188
2011#16,7645#1,544102
2010#1,525106
2009#1,546106
2008#13,8327#1,284135
2007#12,6768#1,144156
2006#12,4208#1,091161
2005#16,4625#929188
2004#977171
2003#13,8446#764231
2002#784220
2001#9,35110#776219
2000#13,1546#780212
1999#696241
1998#14,1225#777201
1997#13,7245#683236
1996#686236
1995#13,3865#700228
1994#648258
1993#8,7199#643259
1992#11,7386#601293
1991#546345
1990#9,2478#530348
1989#8,0379#511351
1988#7,6919#481366
1987#8,7787#448390
1986#9,5456#427409
1985#7,5638#417418
1984#6,29110#398428
1983#7,3128#387429
1982#7,4698#395424
1981#10,4115#378455
1980#9,0956#379455
1979#6,6969#351499
1978#7,6497#328533
1977#9,6525#314601
1976#8,1566#290649
1975#9,0675#245844
1974#2111,037
1973#2051,057
1972#5,9598#2031,130
1971#4,81011#1931,291
1970#5,8188#1881,441
1969#4,19812#1591,789
1968#4,22211#1471,955
1967#3,84512#1422,017
1966#3,14816#1342,251
1965#4,20210#1232,614
1964#4,6369#2361,023
1963#4,27210#290712
1962#5,2937#316621
1961#5,3097#378438
1960#3,09516#448325
1959#4,3009#77697
1958#4,8907#1,67722
1957#1,95217
1956#2,62810
1955#2,21913
1954#3,8275
1953#3,1437
1952#2,8758
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five boys were named Darin! It came in at #3,668, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 59 spots since 2024 (#3,524#3,583)
  • 855 spots since 2020 (#2,728#3,583)
  • 1,547 spots since 2015 (#2,036#3,583)
  • Biggest jump: 901 spots in 1959 (#1,677#776)
  • Biggest drop: 213 spots in 2004 (#764#977)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1965 at #123 (2,614 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1959–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 712
  • Highest: 1 in 712 boys born in 1965 were named Darin (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 42.2% of all boys named Darin (13,745) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#3,668 (1948)#3,668
1950s184#776 (1959)#2,531
1960s13,745#123 (1965)#237
1970s9,082#188 (1970)#253
1980s4,125#378 (1981)#422
1990s2,645#530 (1990)#651
2000s1,799#764 (2003)#1,008
2010s743#1,525 (2010)#2,043
2020s218#2,728 (2020)#3,269

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.

Darin in 1976

girls
#8,156
6 births · 1 in 244,183 girls
boys
#290
649 births · 1 in 2,418 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #8,156Darin6

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #290Darin649
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 244,183 of them was named Darin, which outranked 25.3% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darin
  1. #7,296Zelia7
  2. #7,296Zora7
  3. #7,296Zuri7
  4. #8,156Darin6
  5. #8,156Abbi6
  6. #8,156Abigal6
  7. #8,156Abigale6
  8. #9,284Aaren5
  9. #9,284Abeer5
  10. #9,284Abi5

Tied with 1,127 names at #8,156; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

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

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 2,418 of them was named Darin, which outranked 95.5% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darin
  1. #287Alfredo652
  2. #288Marshall651
  3. #288Orlando651
  4. #290Darin649
  5. #290Vernon649
  6. #292Enrique646
  7. #293Brock645
  8. #294Fredrick634

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

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

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

See the top 100 for 1976