Darrin

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1965 · 3,255 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,615
since 1947

Darrin over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #102, 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—#3,37934
2024—#3,39434
2023—#4,11226
2022—#3,21637
2021—#2,77545
2020—#2,92540
2019—#2,73646
2018—#2,21062
2017—#2,10965
2016—#2,22860
2015—#2,30057
2014—#2,09866
2013—#1,79480
2012—#1,89176
2011—#1,73884
2010—#1,61297
2009—#1,472113
2008—#1,361125
2007—#1,341125
2006—#1,255133
2005—#1,018166
2004—#985169
2003—#926177
2002—#945170
2001—#897175
2000—#865183
1999—#798192
1998—#740218
1997—#687234
1996—#672245
1995#13,3865#610282
1994—#590305
1993—#554336
1992—#568322
1991—#498391
1990—#511376
1989—#460418
1988—#449403
1987#11,3255#452386
1986—#442380
1985#9,3076#437379
1984#10,4225#441364
1983—#456331
1982—#502286
1981—#503280
1980—#503283
1979—#509272
1978—#424347
1977—#414362
1976—#354466
1975#9,0675#309587
1974#7,6806#306594
1973#8,4235#279657
1972—#247860
1971#8,3245#1971,264
1970#7,0706#1801,525
1969#4,41811#1581,814
1968#4,00012#1382,077
1967#3,34015#1412,029
1966#4,19810#1192,569
1965#2,93818#1023,255
1964#6,0096#272801
1963—#450310
1962—#458305
1961—#522232
1960#5,6966#538217
1959#5,5666#752102
1958—#1,39631
1957—#2,37512
1956—#2,09115
1955—#2,7649
1954—#2,9428
1953—#2,53110
1952—#3,0957
1951—#3,0667
1950—#3,6815
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1948—#3,6685
1947—#3,7335
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Darrin! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Darrin is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNHWashington: #340 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,092 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #261 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,868 boysMNIllinois: #482 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,822 boysILWisconsin: #304 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,310 boysWIMichigan: #256 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,394 boysMINew York: #450 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 4,497 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedRIOregon: #309 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,779 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedSDIowa: #279 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,038 boysIAIndiana: #236 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,201 boysINOhio: #290 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,254 boysOHPennsylvania: #401 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,088 boysPANew Jersey: #540 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,885 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #532 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 6,248 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedUTColorado: #364 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,455 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #310 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,145 boysMOKentucky: #309 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,493 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #550 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,977 boysVAMaryland: #316 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,917 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedDEArizona: #549 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,058 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedARTennessee: #377 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,849 boysTNNorth Carolina: #335 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,891 boysNCSouth Carolina: #467 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,716 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #440 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,110 boysOKLouisiana: #341 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,279 boysLAMississippi: #422 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,433 boysMSAlabama: #372 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,379 boysALGeorgia: #484 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,946 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Darrin, so not publishedHITexas: #659 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 7,795 boysTXFlorida: #545 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 5,955 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#236 · 1 in 2,201
  2. Michigan#256 · 1 in 2,394
  3. Minnesota#261 · 1 in 2,868
  4. Iowa#279 · 1 in 3,038
  5. Ohio#290 · 1 in 3,254

Best ever in a state: #54 in Utah, 1965.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#236181 in 2,201
Michigan#256291 in 2,394
Minnesota#261111 in 2,868
Iowa#27961 in 3,038
Ohio#290241 in 3,254
Wisconsin#304101 in 3,310
Kentucky#30971 in 3,493
Oregon#30971 in 2,779
Missouri#310121 in 3,145
Maryland#316111 in 2,917
North Carolina#335161 in 2,891
Washington#340111 in 3,092
Louisiana#341141 in 2,279
Colorado#36471 in 3,455
Alabama#37281 in 3,379
Tennessee#37791 in 3,849
Pennsylvania#401161 in 5,088
Mississippi#42251 in 3,433
Oklahoma#44051 in 4,110
New York#450301 in 4,497
South Carolina#46751 in 4,716
Illinois#482181 in 4,822
Georgia#484101 in 4,946
California#532431 in 6,248
New Jersey#54081 in 6,885
Florida#545151 in 5,955
Arizona#54951 in 6,058
Virginia#55061 in 6,977
Texas#659191 in 7,795
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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 Darrin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,379)
  • 454 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #3,379)
  • 1,079 spots since 2015 (#2,300 → #3,379)
  • Biggest jump: 644 spots in 1959 (#1,396 → #752)
  • Biggest drop: 85 spots in 1979 (#424 → #509)
Rise & fade · boys
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1965 at #102 (3,255 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1959–2004
Share of babies · boys
1 in 571
  • Highest: 1 in 571 boys born in 1965 were named Darrin (0.17%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 46.0% of all boys named Darrin (13,609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s10#3,668 (1948)#3,701
1950s206#752 (1959)#2,469
1960s13,609#102 (1965)#290
1970s6,934#180 (1970)#322
1980s3,510#437 (1985)#465
1990s2,901#498 (1991)#623
2000s1,536#865 (2000)#1,107
2010s693#1,612 (2010)#2,072
2020s216#2,775 (2021)#3,300

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.

Darrin in 1989

boys
#460
418 births · 1 in 4,787 boys

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #460Darrin418
More about 1989

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 4,787 of them was named Darrin, which outranked 95.0% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Darrin
  1. #457Pierre423
  2. #458Conor422
  3. #459Zane421
  4. #460Darrin418
  5. #461Lonnie417
  6. #462Fred416
  7. #463Marlon413
Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →