Darrius

Where Darrius comes from

Darrius hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #4,033 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Darrius Barnes born
    American soccer player
  3. 1989
    Peak, #543
    317 babies named Darrius — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1990
    Darrius Garrett born
    American basketball player
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,200.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Darrius Garrett · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Darrius Barnes · American soccer player, born 1986
  • Darrius Heyward-Bey · American football player, born 1987
  • Darrius Shepherd · American football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.