Darren
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #12,713 · #1,132 for boys in 2025, 187 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1965 · 5,938 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 7 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 103,937since 1936
Darren over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,132 | 187 | |
| 2024 | — | #954 | 240 | |
| 2023 | — | #977 | 224 | |
| 2022 | — | #853 | 284 | |
| 2021 | — | #803 | 305 | |
| 2020 | — | #718 | 345 | |
| 2019 | — | #684 | 374 | |
| 2018 | — | #653 | 393 | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #586 | 463 |
| 2016 | — | #548 | 528 | |
| 2015 | — | #542 | 527 | |
| 2014 | — | #494 | 569 | |
| 2013 | — | #468 | 593 | |
| 2012 | — | #423 | 667 | |
| 2011 | — | #415 | 681 | |
| 2010 | — | #407 | 695 | |
| 2009 | — | #393 | 765 | |
| 2008 | — | #384 | 799 | |
| 2007 | — | #361 | 876 | |
| 2006 | — | #361 | 824 | |
| 2005 | — | #343 | 864 | |
| 2004 | — | #336 | 891 | |
| 2003 | — | #305 | 977 | |
| 2002 | — | #302 | 969 | |
| 2001 | — | #304 | 948 | |
| 2000 | — | #298 | 1,007 | |
| 1999 | — | #283 | 1,029 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #278 | 1,028 |
| 1997 | — | #274 | 1,020 | |
| 1996 | — | #253 | 1,140 | |
| 1995 | — | #230 | 1,290 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #201 | 1,444 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #210 | 1,432 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #227 | 1,323 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 | #226 | 1,306 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #199 | 1,507 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #183 | 1,625 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #177 | 1,599 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #170 | 1,602 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #168 | 1,578 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #161 | 1,701 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #172 | 1,548 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #164 | 1,599 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #174 | 1,487 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #176 | 1,426 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #163 | 1,533 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #164 | 1,503 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #166 | 1,453 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #158 | 1,503 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #147 | 1,693 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #126 | 2,032 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #126 | 2,074 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #112 | 2,288 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | #106 | 2,675 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | #100 | 3,156 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 | #75 | 4,197 |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #60 | 4,660 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | #60 | 4,642 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #63 | 4,440 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #63 | 4,718 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #52 | 5,938 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #127 | 2,644 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #158 | 2,081 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #165 | 1,923 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #174 | 1,783 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #156 | 2,209 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #213 | 1,299 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #381 | 417 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #897 | 71 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,140 | 44 |
| 1955 | — | #1,294 | 34 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #845 | 68 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,113 | 6 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Darren! It came in at #2,854, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Darren
- 178 spots since 2024 (#954 → #1,132)
- 414 spots since 2020 (#718 → #1,132)
- 590 spots since 2015 (#542 → #1,132)
- Biggest jump: 753 spots in 1952 (#1,598 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 278 spots in 1953 (#845 → #1,123)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1965 at #52 (5,938 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 7 yrs · run 1965–1971
- Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1957–2024
- Highest: 1 in 313 boys born in 1965 were named Darren (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,134 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 33.7% of all boys named Darren (35,038) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 13 | #2,854 (1936) | #2,984 |
| 1940s | 52 | #2,356 (1947) | #2,929 |
| 1950s | 2,048 | #213 (1959) | #1,101 |
| 1960s | 35,038 | #52 (1965) | #108 |
| 1970s | 22,574 | #75 (1970) | #128 |
| 1980s | 15,698 | #161 (1985) | #171 |
| 1990s | 12,519 | #199 (1990) | #238 |
| 2000s | 8,920 | #298 (2000) | #339 |
| 2010s | 5,490 | #407 (2010) | #522 |
| 2020s | 1,585 | #718 (2020) | #906 |
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.
Darren in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 246,637 of them was named Darren, which outranked 31.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,615Zuhur8
- #11,615Zyion8
- #11,615Zylia8
- #12,713Darren7
- #12,713Aalaiyah7
- #12,713Aanshi7
- #12,713Aaradhana7
- #14,124Aabriella6
- #14,124Aaditri6
- #14,124Aafiya6
Tied with 1,410 names at #12,713; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 3,998 of them was named Darren, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #583Bryant466
- #584Colby465
- #585Brennan464
- #586Darren463
- #586Jasiah463
- #586Marcelo463
- #586Nikolas463
- #591Alfredo462
- #592Reece461
- #593Forrest460
Tied with 4 names at #586; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.